Koch v. Meyers

Jones, Oliver B., J.

The action below was brought to contest the will of Fred Mauntel, deceased, and resulted in a verdict and judgment sustaining the will.

The decedent was a man fifty-four years of age. The cause of his death was diabetes, and he suffered from a carbuncle on the back of his neck which might be considered as a contributing cause of his death. His acknowledged sickness was of *307about two weeks duration, and he was under treatment by a physician for a period of only one week.

The evidence in regard to his mental condition during the last three or four days of his illness is quite…