Hofen v. United States National Bank

This is a will contest. The contestant, Katherine Hofen, is the only child and sole heir of the deceased, Pauline Quaid. The defendant United States National Bank is executor of the will in question. The defendants State Board of Higher Education, Morrow County, The Archbishop of Baker, Oregon, Doernbeeker Hospital Guild and other individually named defendants are the beneficiaries named in the will. The trial court sustained the will and contestant appeals.

Contestant contends that for more than a year prior to the making of the will her mother, the testatrix, suffered delusions that…