O'Connor v. Madison

The will of John O’Connor being admitted to probate, the contestants appealed -to the circuit court, where, by direction of the court, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the proponents, and contestants again appealed.

The will is-attacked upon the grounds of (1) mental incapacity of the testator, and (2) undue influence. The testator was an unmarried man of nearly 80 years of age, who had resided at Detroit for many years, and, for some 9 years previous to his death^ had lived with Mrs. Elizabeth O’Connor and her daughter Catherine. Etta Yan Burén, another daughter of Elizabeth O’Connor,…