Vanvalkenberg v. Vanvalkenberg

— On August 31st, 1878, Martha Vanvalkenberg, the mother of some, and the grandmother of others of the parties in interest in this action, died, leaving an instrument of writing, executed July 17th, 1878, purporting to be her will. In this, all her real estate and personal property, of the value of several thousand dollars, were devised and *434bequeathed to her daughter, the appellee Lucinda Vanvalkenberg.

This was a proceeding by the appellants to resist the probate of said instrument of writing, and to have the same declared invalid.

The appellants allege in their complaint that the testatrix at…