Higbee v. Bloom

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The action was brought to set aside the last will of James T. Butler. The plaintiffs are Mrs. Minnie Higbee, a daughter, George E. Butler, a son, and Earl Worth, a grandson, son of a deceased daughter of the testator. The defendants are the beneficiaries under the will, Mollie E. Bloom, a niece of the testator, her husband, Frank A. Bloom, and Lottie I. Butler, widow of the testator. It was claimed in the petition that the testator was of unsound mind and not competent to make a will and further that at the time of the execution of the…