Buck v. Buck
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Mary Whipple Buck petitioned the probate court for Dodge -county to allow and admit to probate the last will and testament of Lewis Buck, her husband, and to be appointed executrix thereof. Dennis Buck filed objections to the allowance of the will.
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Mary Whipple Buck petitioned the probate court for Dodge -county to allow and admit to probate the last will and testament of Lewis Buck, her husband, and to be appointed executrix thereof. Dennis Buck filed objections to the allowance of the will. From the order of the probate court admitting the will to probate, the •contestant appealed to the district court for Dodge county where the appeal was heard before Childress, J., and a jury which returned .a verdict that the testator was of sufficient mental capacity to make a will on the day of its execution, and that the will was procured by the…
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Lewis Buck died January 25, 1912, at the age of 19. He left surviving a widow by a second marriage and the appellant Dennis Buck, an adopted son. He left an estate valued at about $25,000. He left a will, dated August 21, 1906, by the terms,of which he gave to his widow one-third of his estate, to appellant $500, the balance in equal shares to^he Baptist Missionary Union, Baptist Home Missionary Society, Baptist Minnesota State Convention, Bap*466tist Publication. Society, and Pillsbury Academy at Owatonna, Minnesota. Appellant contested tbe will on tbe ground tbat tbe deceased was not possessed…
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