Mingle v. Hubbard

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action by relatives of the late Jacob Mingle, of Edwards county, to set aside his will on the alleged grounds that he was incompetent to make it and that it was effected through the undue influence of the defendant beneficiary.

Defendant denied the allegations of plaintiffs’ petition and pleaded the probate of the will. In a cross petition she alleged that in 1911 Jacob Mingle made an oral contract with her by which he agreed that she should receive all his property at his death in consideration of her taking-care of him when he…