Harbison v. Boyd
Indiana Supreme Court
From Knox Circuit Court; George W. Buff, Special Judge. Action by Mary E. Harbison objecting to the probate of a will offered by John T. Boyd and others. From a judgment for proponents, the objector appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
Appellees, who are surviving sons and widow of LeRoy Boyd, deceased, offered for probate in the lower court the instrument involved in this case as his last will. Appellant, a daughter of decedent, filed objections and contested the admission of the will to probate, on the grounds that at the time of the alleged execution of the will the testator was of unsound mind, that he was unduly influenced to execute the same, that the will was unduly executed, and that the same was not the last will of decedent.
A jury tried the issues formed by general denial, and returned a verdict sustaining the…
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