Pruitt v. Blesi
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Dallas County ; W. P. Whitehurst, Judge. Proceeding in the county court by E. C. Blesi and others to probate a purported will of C. H. Dangdeau. A contest was instituted by Mrs. Josephine Pruitt and others. Prom an order admitting the will to probate, an appeal was taken to the district court, where the will was again admitted to probate, and contestants again appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
This is a proceeding commenced by the appellees in the county court of Dallas county, Tex., to probate what purports to be the last will and testament of C. H. Langdeau, deceased. To the probating of the will a contest was filed by the appellants, Mrs. Josephine Pruitt and others, mainly upon the grounds: First, that the deceased, at the date of the execution of the will, had not sufficient mental capacity to make a will; second, that in the execution of said will the deceased was dominated and unduly influenced by the appellees, and the same was not his free and voluntary act. On April 17,…
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