Dolan v. Henry
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court.- — John T. Moffit, Judge. After the will of James Henry had been-admitted to probate, four of his five children sought to have the purported will set aside as the product of undue influence, and for that decedent was of unsound mind when it was executed. At the close of all the evidence,"the jury was directed by the court to return a verdict for the proponents, which was done, and judgment entered thereon. The contestants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
question as'7 competency511’ James Henry died February 21, 1916, at the
age of about 82 years, survived by five children, the contestants and John Henry, one of the proponents. The other proponents are the sons of John, the grandsons decedent. The latter’s wife departed this life intestate, about 40 years previous to the death of her husband, seized of 160 acres of land, and he had never remarried. At that time, their youngest child, Katherine, who ivas subsequently married to one Dolan, was 2% years old, and the eldest child, William, was about 11 years of age. Decedent then owned 80 acres of…
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