Taylor v. Savings Union Bank & Trust Co.

The will of Michael Martin was offered for probate by the Savings Union Bank and Trust Company, a corporation, named in the will as executor thereof. A contest over the admission to probate of this will was instituted by the three adult children of the deceased,—two married daughters, Ellen Taylor and Ann Lowney, and one unmarried son, Frank H. Martin. The contest was heard and determined before a jury. The sole ground of contest presented to the jury’s consideration was that of the unsoundness of mind of the testator. The jury’s verdict declared the will to be the product of an unsound mind.…