Touma v. Allen

Plaintiffs-appellees are the executors and proponents and defendants-appellants are the sole heirs at law of testatrix, Harriet M. Cox, and contestants in this will contest.

Plaintiffs offered the will for probate. Defendants filed objections based on several grounds, including that the will was obtained by undue influence. The matter was certified to circuit court for trial by jury. It returned a verdict that the will “should be set aside by reason of influence.”

*111Plaintiffs had moved for directed verdict in circuit court, and then for judgment non obstante veredicto or, in the alternative, a…