Kornfield v. Kornfield

The plaintiffs in error were contestants of the will of Leopold Kornfield, deceased, in an action begun by them in the court of common pleas, wherein by verdict of the jury said will was sustained. The grounds of contest were, first, that the will was made under undue influence exercised by the testator’s second wife, Louisa Kornfield, one of the defendants in error who was the chief beneficiary thereunder, and secondly, that the testator revoked said will by making another and later one, inconsistent with the former. The latter it is claimed was suppressed by testator’s wife.

The facts are as…