Mills v. Lake

This is a will contest, between nephews and nieces of the testator, tried, on certification from the probate court, by the circuit judge without a jury. Defendant, the proponent, appeals from a judgment which holds provisions of the will naming her sole beneficiary and executrix void because of undue influence allegedly exercised by her but which sustains the clause therein revoking former wills under which defendant had been a major beneficiary. On trial plaintiffs, the contestants, abandoned their claim of mental incompetency and •relied solely on the claim of undue influence.

It is urged…