Gernert v. Straeffer's

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

This is a will contest prosecuted by the four appellants, daughters of George Straeffer, deceased, for the purpose of having it adjudged that a paper probated in the Jefferson County Court was not in fact his last will. On the appeal from the county court to the circuit court there was a trial, which resulted in a verdict and judgment sustaining the will, and the contestants are here as appellants asking a reversal of that judgment.

George Straeffer, who, according to all the testimony, was a very excellent man, was twice married. His first wife…