Gillmore v. Atwell

BOHLING, Commissioner.

Action in the Circuit Court of Miller county, Missouri, to contest the will of Clara Jeffries, deceased, on the grounds of testamentary incapacity and undue influence. The issue of undue influence was taken from the jury. The verdict sustained the will. Contestants appeal and contend error was committed in proponents’ opening .statement, the exclusion of certain evidence and, broadly, in refusing to submit the issue of undue influence.

Testatrix, the widow of John Jeffries, died April 27, 1953, being in her seventies. She lived at Eldon, Missouri. The will in contest was…