Anderson v. Wittmeyer

LOWENSTEIN, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury trial contesting the validity of a putative will executed shortly before the decedent, John Cogswell’s (Cogswell) death. Cogswell was admitted to the hospital July 27, 1990, executed the contested will on July 28,1990, and died July 31, 1990 at the age of 89.

The facts relevant to this appeal are as follows: Cogswell was married to his second wife for almost 50 years. She predeceased him by approximately two months. Although he had no children from this marriage, he had two children from a previous marriage, Ruthmary and John, who…