Jackson v. White

The judgment should be reversed but not for the reason stated. Testator at the time of his marriage to the proponent had two children by a former marriage, Franklin and Josephine.

The history of the conduct, purpose, and intent of the proponent, which, contestants claim, continued and culminated in the will in question, begins soon after the marriage. The daughter, then about 15 years, was requested to leave home — of this she testified:

“My father found a letter that Mrs. Jackson had written to some other man, and she blamed me for telling him that she had written the letter, and she quarreled…