Taylor v. McClintock
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Edward W. Winfield, Judge; This is a contest over the validity of a will executed by Dr C. M. Taylor, who died April 15, 1905, leaving a widow, Julia P. Taylor, two children of the marriage with her, and a married daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. Maude J. McClintock.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Edward W. Winfield, Judge; This is a contest over the validity of a will executed by Dr C. M. Taylor, who died April 15, 1905, leaving a widow, Julia P. Taylor, two children of the marriage with her, and a married daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. Maude J. McClintock. Soon after his death his widow and the Union Trust Company presented to the probate court a document purporting to be his last will, executed by him on March 2, 1904, and naming them as executors and trustees. In this will Dr. Taylor gave to Mrs. McClintock $5000, and left the residue of his…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
Appellee contends that her father, at the time the will was executed, was under the insane delusion “that she did not love him, did not love him as a daughter should, or love him as well as she loved other persons with whom she was intimately associated, and that she was ungrateful for and unappreciative of the great love and care that he had bestowed on her.”
Appellants contend that Dr. Taylor was sane when he executed his will, and that its provision discriminating against appellee was because of her marriage.
Conceding that the evidence tended to support the respective contentions, we will…
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