Hesse v. Wagner

HENRY I. EAGER, Special Commissioner.

This is an action contesting the will of Clara G. Sittig, who died on April 7, 1969. The will was executed on July 26, 1967. Plaintiffs are her heirs at law, exclusive of those who were also legatees; those legatees were named as defendants. Various grounds of invalidity were alleged, but those relied on at the trial and submitted to the jury were mental incapacity and undue influence allegedly exercised by the defendants Wagner and the St. Louis County National Bank, both of whom were appointed as executors. By a nine-man verdict the jury upheld the will,…