Stephenson v. Stephenson

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court admitting to probate the will of Mrs. Eliza Stephenson, deceased. The application to probate the will was made by the appellee, who was named in the will as executor, and was contested by appellants, who were children of the deceased, upon the grounds alleged, first, that the paper offered for probate was never executed by the deceased, but was a forgery; and second, that if the paper was executed by Mrs. Stephenson, she had not at the time it was done sufficient mental capacity to make a will.

The case was…