Estate of Abert

Ernest Abert, proponent, has appealed from a judgment rendered pursuant to the verdict of a jury, denying probate of the last will of his father, Emanuel Abert, deceased, on the ground that the will was procured by proponent’s undue influence.

The appellant contends that the judgment is not supported by the evidence.

The deceased was a widower 82 years of age at the time the contested will was executed on November 13, 1944. He died August 1, 1945, leaving surviving him three adult married sons and four adult married daughters. The will bequeathed to the testator’s daughter, Helen Nicolas, the…