In Re Mitchell's Estate

This is a will contest brought by two sons of Charles E. Mitchell, who died June 21, 1950, at the age of ninety-three, of arteriosclerotic gangrene in his right leg. The antecedent cause of death was stated in the death certificate as “generalized arteriosclerosis,” and the interval between onset and death as “years.” Defendants are the other living children of Charles E. Mitchell, to wit, two daughters and two sons, and Gale W. Mitchell, son of a deceased child.

Only the two daughters, Laura Daling (individually and as executrix of the estate of her deceased father) and Ethel Heath answered…