Gigilos v. Stavropoulos

McCORMICK, Justice.

This is an appeal by the contestants from an adverse jury verdict and judgment in a will contest. They contend the trial court erred in several rulings during trial and in instructing the jury. The principal question is whether the trial court erred in sustaining the proponent’s hearsay objection to certain portions of decedent’s hospital record. We affirm the trial court.

Chris S. Poulos, the decedent, was a Greek immigrant who settled in Cedar Rapids. He worked for a railroad, lived frugally, never married, and left an estate of about $160,000. He died February 28, 1967,…