Peters v. Catt

The circuit court of Jersey County directed a verdict at the close of plaintiffs’ case in a will contest and entered judgment that the instrument offered in evidence is the last will and testament of John Catt, deceased. A freehold being involved, plaintiffs appealed directly to this court.

The deceased, 82 years of age, died on October 16, 1956, leaving as his heirs-at-law, two brothers, James Catt and Frank Catt, a sister, Harriet Windsor, and eleven nephews and nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces, all being either children or grandchildren of Mamie Peters, a deceased half, sister. John…