Wright v. Stevens

246 S.W.2d 817 (1952)

WRIGHT

v.

STEVENS et al.

No. 42617.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

March 10, 1952.

Wm. R. McGuire, St. Louis, Wm. Barton, Robt. Hoelscher, Warrenton, for appellant.

Willima W. Van Matre, Jr., Mexico, Alvin H. Juergensmeyer, Warrenton, for respondents.

TIPTON, Judge.

This is a suit to contest the last will of W. A. Stevens, deceased, on the grounds that he lacked mental capacity and had been unduly influenced. At the close of the evidence of the contestant, the trial court directed a verdict for proponents, declaring the instrument introduced in evidence to be the last…