Dolven v. First National Bank

Plaintiffs seek to set aside the will of the decedent Ethel E. Wheeler. The will had been admitted to probate. The challenged will had been executed in 1958. Plaintiffs contend that Mrs. Wheeler had executed a later will which had revoked the 1958 will. However, the later will, if it had been executed, could not be found.

Prior to the time that the 1958 will was submitted for probate plaintiff, Gloria Dolven, who was the daughter of Mrs. Wheeler, had petitioned the probate court of Umatilla county to appoint her as administratrix of Mrs. Wheeler’s estate. The basis of hex-petition was that…