Towles v. McCurdy
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Hendricks Circuit Court; T. J. Cofer, Judge. Action by Mary E. McCurdy against Julia A. Towles and others to set aside the will of Elijah M. Tinder, deceased. From a judgment for plaintiff, two defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDowling, J.
A writing purporting to be the will of Elijah M. Tinder, deceased, was duly presented for probate in the Hendricks Circuit Court, Eebruary 24, 1902. No action was taken in the matter, but on Eebruary 26, 1902, Mary E. McCurdy, one of the appellees, prior to the admission of the supposed will to probate, filed her objections thereto in the manner and form required by the statute. The grounds upon which the probate was resisted were alleged unsoundness of the mind of the said Elijah M. Tinder, that the said will was unduly executed, and that it was executed under undue influence. Process was…
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