Thompson v. Curators of the University of Missouri

MORGAN, Presiding Judge.

Joe H. Hume, a bachelor and resident of Saline County, Missouri, died on December 27, 1967. Thereafter, a document dated March 27, 1967, was admitted to probate as his last will and testament. His nearest relatives, three nephews, filed this will contest suit. The sole and only issue raised for trial was decedent’s testamentary capacity on the date the purported will was executed. The jury sustained contestant’s position and found that the questioned document was not the will of the decedent. Two residuary legatees, the University of Missouri and the Slater Methodist…