Matter of Estate of Adams

McCORMICK, Justice.

Proponents appeal adverse verdict and judgment in a will contest. George C. Lyall, Matilda Lyall, and Robert V. Lyall were named beneficiaries under a purported will of Pearl C. Adams, a resident of Stuart, who died November 5, 1970, at age 84, leaving an estate valued at about $190,000. The will was dated January 5, 1968. Contestants Lawrence Emerson, Marie Emerson, Margurite Hogan, Kathleen Fagan, Clarence Beaman, George Eddy, Rosa Eddy, and Congregational Church of Stuart, Iowa, were named beneficiaries under a prior will, dated April 28,1965. None of the beneficiaries…