Craney v. Todd

This action was instituted by Elizabeth Todd, widow of the late William P. Todd, deceased, by filing objections to the probation of a pretended will of the decedent. Afterwards, she filed her complaint to resist the admission to probate and alleged: (1) That the decedent, at the time the pretended will purports to have been executed, was of unsound mind and incapable of making a will; (2) that the pretended will was never executed. Trial was before a jury. At the close Of appellants’ evidence in chief, the appellee, plaintiff below, moved the court for an instructed verdict, which motion was…