Pearl v. Hatcher

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

In this action a will was offered for probate. The probate court refused to probate it. On appeal the district court also denied probation. The proponents of the will appeal from that order.

Mrs. Sophia Hooper had lived in Brown county. Her children, all of whom are concerned with this will, are Leon Hooper, Jessie Hooper, Winnifred Hooper, Frank Hooper and Ben Hooper. Ben Hooper was married to Lois Hooper, whose name we are mentioning for reasons that will presently appear.

Mrs. Hooper had lived on a farm in Brown county. In 1920 she *550received…