In Re Estate of Thompson

Victor E. Thompson, appellee herein, filed a petition for the probate of the last will and testament dated September 2, 1964, of his deceased wife, Frances Maude Thompson. The appellant, John E. Finley, son of the decedent through a prior marriage, filed a petition seeking a formal adjudication of his deceased mother’s intestacy. The county court admitted the 1964 will to probate. On appeal the District Court sustained the proponent husband’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of the con testant’s evidence, dismissed the contestant’s petition, and admitted the 1964 will to probate. We…