Moody v. Hogan

ALEXANDER, Justice.

Mrs. E. L. Moody, joined pro forma by her husband, filed application in the probate court to probate the will of M. E. Hogan, deceased, her former husband. The will was contested by H. L. Hogan, a son of the deceased. On appeal in the district court, the jury found that the will was executed as the result of undue influence exercised by Mrs. E. L. Moody, who was the principal devisee in the will. The court entered a judgment denying the probate of the will, and proponents appealed.

It was a sharply contested issue as to whether Mrs. Moody had compelled or unduly influenced…