In Re Newell's Estate &8212 Newell v. Bradley

Henry Newell, a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, died testate in May, 1928, leaving an estate of about $450,000. His wife, Rose Newell, died in 1918, about ten years before his death. The controversy involves the question of whether the respondent was a surviving heir, and, if so, whether he was intentionally or unintentionally omitted from the will. The claim in such respect of William Henry Newell, Jr., an incompetent, the plaintiff and the respondent, is that he was a grandson of the testator; that no mention was made of him in the will and no provision therein made for him, and that he…