In re the Will of Winslow
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Court. — Hon. K. E. Willcockson, Judge. Proceeding for probate of a will. Contest by heirs. Verdict iu favor of contestants, and proponents appeal. On rehearing.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The objections urged to the probate of the will were that the testatrix was of unsound mind at the date, of its execution, and that such execution was obtained by undue influence exercised over her. Of the many grounds assigned for a reversal of the judgment below, we refer to the following as sufficiently presenting the issues we regard as of principal importance.
*691. Appearance of counsel after commencement of trial: prejudice: discretion. *68I. After the jury had been impaneled, and counsel for proponents.had made their opening, statements, G. M. Tripp, *69Esq., an attorney at law who had not…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McElhenney v. HendricksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1891
- Campbell v. CollinsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- In re the Estate of BrownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- Cole v. MarshSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
- Pepper v. . BroughtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
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- In Re Estate of StratmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
- State v. WarrenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1951
- Kauffman v. LoganSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
- Hart v. HartSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
- Scott v. McClainSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
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