Russell v. Boyles

This action is a will contest. Mrs. S. E. Russell devised all of her property to her four daughters, and left nothing to her four sons, contestants of her will in the trial court, and appellants here. The grounds of the contest were, first, that testatrix was of unsound mind at the time she executed her will; and, second, that she was induced by undue influence of the beneficiaries to disinherit her sons. Only the issue of mental soundness was submitted to the jury, on which the jury found against appellants. The court thereupon entered judgment against the contestants.

The first proposition…