Brown v. Nelson

THOMPSON (IRA F.), J.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a will contest declaring the purported last will and testament of Anna M. Ivey, deceased, to be void. The contest was based upon the grounds of undue influence and the unsound mind of the testatrix. The jury found that Anna M. Ivey was not mentally competent to execute a will on October 10, 1925, and also that the execution thereof on that date was obtained through the undue influence of one or more of the following: Maude A. Nelson, her husband, Elan A. Nelson, and Birdinia J. Wilson.

The principal contention relied upon for a reversal…