Minor v. Bickford

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court admitting to probate the last will and testament of Samuel Rohde after a jury verdict in favor of the proponent, Ward W. Minor, executor. The contestants are lone Bickford and Maxine DeLisle, daughters and heirs-at-law of the testator. In the courts below the contestants pleaded that the will was not that of the testator because it was the product of undue influence and because Samuel Rohde lacked testamentary capacity. Both of these positions rest upon the factual claims that for a period of 20 years there existed an incestuous…