Pierce v. Pierce

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

Plaintiffs brought an action to contest their mother’s last will and testament on the grounds that at the time of making it she was of unsound mind and was unduly influenced by the defendant, Edgar T. Pierce. At the trial a jury was called in an advisory capacity. It returned answers to special questions submitted which need not be set out at length, but in substance were that the testatrix at the time of executing the will was of unsound mind, weak in body, didn’t understand the value and extent of her property nor the ties of relationship…