Zibble v. Zibble
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee; Chester, J. Mary Jane Zibble presented for probate the last will and testament of Bradley Zibble, deceased. The will was .allowed in probate court, and Clarence Zibble and Julia Dunscomb appealed to the circuit. From a judgment for ■contestants, proponent brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
On the trial of this case at the circuit, the jury found against the will offered for probate, and the proponent brings error.
Evidence was offered bearing upon the question of the testator’s mental capacity, and also tending to show undue influence exerted by his wife, who is the proponent. Testimony was also offered tending to show statements made from time to time by decedent to his various children to the effect that his wife “gave him no peace of his life,” and, as he expressed it, “ she dingdongs at me from morning till night;” that she threatened to leave him if he did not deed her his…
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