Weisensee v. Hoyt

This is a will contest. The contestants, Lloyd R. and George A. Weisensee were brothers of the de*161ceased testatrix, Gertrude O. Quenville. The proponent was James O. Hoyt, the executor and principal legatee of the challenged will. The other named parties are nominal parties only and have had no participation, as litigants, in this proceeding. The trial court, without specific findings, held the will to be the product of undue influence upon the part of proponent and set it aside; proponent appeals.

It will facilitate an understanding of the facts to refer to the deceased as Gertrude, to the…