In Re Estate of Olson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
1Opinion of the Court
1 Reported in 35 N.W.2d 439. In this case the trial court held that the will offered for probate was invalid upon the grounds that testator lacked testamentary capacity and that the will was procured by means of undue influence exerted upon testator by Henrietta May Mork, who is named therein as chief beneficiary and as executrix. She was the proponent of the will and is appellant here, together with John A. Anderson, administrator with the will annexed.
The appeal presents four questions for decision: (1) Whether the evidence sustains a finding of lack of testamentary capacity; (2) whether it…
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- Lappinen v. Union Ore Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
- Fischer v. SperlSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
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