Kastner v. Husband

This is a will contest. Charles B. Kastner, the plaintiff-contestant, is a nephew of the decedent and brings this suit for the benefit of himself and nine other alleged heirs of Mrs. Cook. He claims the decedent lacked testamentary capacity when she executed the subject will. That act was accomplished on March 25, 1958, in the law office of Donald R. Husband, an attorney, practicing in Eugene, Oregon.

Mrs. Cook was 68 years old at the time she made her will. She had been married and widowed twice. No children had been horn to either union and she lived alone in her Eugene home.

Mr. Husband and…