Earle v. Security Savings & Trust Co.

This is a controversy concerning the validity of the alleged will of Thomas Henry Edwards, executed February 21, 1929, in Portland, Ore*596gon. Edwards died September 16, 1929, in San Diego, California, aged 59 years. The will was presented for probate in common form to the circuit court (probate department) of Multnomah county, and was so admitted September 20, 1929. On September 15, 1930, Virginia Edwards Earle, then 25 years of age, the only child and sole heir of the deceased, instituted this proceeding for the purpose of setting aside the said will upon charges of fraud, undue influence and…