Meyer v. Welsbacher

This appeal on questions of law from a judgment on a directed verdict in a will contest, rendered at the conclusion of the opening statements in. favor of the proponents of the will, presents a rather startling course of procedure of which the contestant •complains. The facts which display the situation are as follows:

Contestant in his petition, after "pleading the death •of a testatrix, his kinship, dates pertinent to the purported will’s execution, presentation for and admission to probate, and executor’s appointment and qualification, avers “that said paper writing is not the last will and…