Branstrator v. Crow
Indiana Supreme Court
Erom Allen Circuit Court; E. O’Rourke, Judge. Action by Frances E. Crow and others against Charles W. Branstrator, administrator of the estate of William Branstrator, deceased, and others. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
Appellees, being two sons and two daughters, brought this action to contest the will of' their father William Branstrator, deceased, on the grounds of unsoundness of mind, undue influence, and fraud. The administrator with the will annexed, the widow, four children, and divers grandchildren were made defendants. All *363the answering defendants rested on the general denial, except Ann O. Wellbaum and William McNair; and, in addition to the general denial, they filed an affirmative second paragraph, setting forth therein as an answer in bar that by the twelfth item of his will the testator…
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