In Re Estate of Cooper

Contest was entered against the will of Joseph N. Cooper, on the grounds of mental incapacity and undue influence. This case has been before this court, and the opinion thereon may be found in 196 Iowa 116. On a retrial, contestants, in examining nonexpert witnesses, offered to show that at certain times the deceased appeared to be childish. Witnesses were also asked as to the mental condition and memory of the deceased. These two lines of testimony were successfully ob jected to, and it is now urged that the district court erred in excluding these.

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