Stell v. Salters

HIGGINS, Justice.

This case is a contest over the validity of the will of J. W. Finley, deceased. Upon the jury’s finding that the deceased was mentally incompetent upon the date of the will, judgment was rendered setting aside the previous order of the probate court admitting the same to probate and decreeing the invalidity of such will. From such judgment, J. W. Stell, administrator of the estate of Martha A. Finley, deceased, appeals.

J. W. Finley died in 1925 at the age of 77. He had no children. His first wife died in 1913. On December 24, 1914, he married his second wife. The will in…