Lind v. Moilan

Julius J. Olson, Justice.

Alrick Holmstrom, a bachelor aged 63 years, died February 26, 1938, at a hospital in Virginia. He left an instrument purporting to be his last will wherein contestant Fred Lind, a second cousin, is one of the beneficiaries. Decedent’s nearest relatives are brothers and sisters living in Sweden, decedent’s *20native country. Lind contested the will claiming (1) that certain interlineations were written into it after it was signed by testator; (2) that testator lacked testamentary capacity; and (3) that undue influence was exercised in its procurement. The probate court…