In Re Estate of Holmstrom

1 Reported in 292 N.W. 622. Alrick Holmstrom, a bachelor aged 63 years, died February 26, 1938, at a hospital in Virginia. He left an instrument purporting to be his last will wherein contestant Fred Lind, a second cousin, is one of the beneficiaries. Decedent's nearest relatives are brothers and sisters living in Sweden, decedent's native country. Lind contested the will claiming (1) that certain interlineations were written into it after it was signed by testator; (2) that testator lacked testamentary capacity; and (3) that undue influence was exercised in its procurement. The probate court…