Buck v. Buck
Supreme Court of Minnesota
From an order of the probate court for Dodge county admitting to probate the last will and testament of Lewis Buck, deceased, Dennis Buck appealed to the' district court for that county. ■ The appeal was heard before Childress, J., and a jury which answered in the affirmative the special questions submitted to it, as stated at the beginning of the opinion.
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From an order of the probate court for Dodge county admitting to probate the last will and testament of Lewis Buck, deceased, Dennis Buck appealed to the' district court for that county. ■ The appeal was heard before Childress, J., and a jury which answered in the affirmative the special questions submitted to it, as stated at the beginning of the opinion. From the order denying his motion for a new trial of the single issue of the testamentary capacity of the deceased, Dennis Buck appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
Lewis Buck, a resident of Dodge county, died on January 25, 1912, leaving a last will and testament bearing date August 21, 1906, in and by which he disposed of his property, estimated as of the probable value of $25,000, the most of which was given to charitable and religious associations. The will was presented for allowance to the probate court and duly admitted to probate. Appellant herein, Dennis Buck, an adopted son of the testator, contested the allowance of the will and appealed to the district court from the order *276admitting it to probate. On tbe trial in the district court two…
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