Rutherford v. Robbins

* Writ of error granted May 11, 1927. Mrs. Pete Bollinger died on Red River county, Tex., January, 1926. She left a will, in which, after making specific bequests to certain friends, she devised the remainder of her property to the Juliett Fowler Orphans' Home at Dallas, Tex., and to the trustees of the Christian Church at Clarksville, Tex. The application to probate was contested by the appellants, who are the collateral heirs of the testatrix, upon the ground of mental incapacity and undue influence. It was alleged that the undue influence was exercised by Miss Susie Deaver and Mr. and Mrs.…