Copley v. Craft

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The issue on this appeal is whether there is evidence of probative value to support the verdict and judgment setting aside the will of Catherine Jiles dated September 26, 19SS, on the ground that the will was obtained as the result of undue influence exerted by Mabel E. Copley, the sole beneficiary of the will.

Mrs. Jiles died on May 7, 1956, at the age of seventy-eight. The will in question and a will executed by the decedent on February 26, 1941, were offered for probate. The county court probated the will of September 26, 1955.

The first will of Mrs. Jiles gave a life…