In Re Austin's Estate

In this appeal the plaintiffs in error, contestants in the trial court, complain of the judgment admitting to probate the last will and testament of Julius L. Austin, deceased. The judgment is in contravention of the order of the county court in the initial hearing on the petition for the probate of the will.

On July 22, 1938, the date the will was executed, the testator was around 77 years of age. In the will the testator disposed of his property, amounting in value to about $7,000, by devising and bequeathing it to his grandchildren, the defendants in error, to the exclusion of contestants,…