In re Du Bois' Estate

The probate court for the county of Tuscola admitted to probate an instrument proposed as the last will and testament of Isaac Du Bois, deceased. The contestants appealed to the circuit court, contending that deceased had not sufficient testamentary capacity to make the will, and that he was unduly influenced by relatives and those surrounding him at the time the will was made. A jury found that the instrument was the last will of the deceased, and contestants ask us to review the proceedings had at the trial. The errors assigned will be considered in the order in which they are presented in…