American Trust & Banking Co. v. Williams

This is a will contest involving a purported will dated June 7, 1945, and propounded as the last will and testament of Mrs. Ada Hugger who died September 23, 1945 at the age of seventy. If valid the will revoked an earlier will executed by Mrs. Hugger in 1930. At the conclusion of all the evidence, the trial court overruled a motion for a directed verdict in favor of the first will, sustained a motion made by the proponent of the 1945 will as to the charge of undue influence and submitted only the issue of Mrs. Hugger’s soundness of mind on June 7,1945. The jury’s verdict, finding that issue…