Dean v. Jordan

This is a will contest, based upon alleged mental incapacity of the testatrix and alleged fraud and undue influence practiced by the beneficiary. The action was tried to the court and resulted in a judgment upholding the will and dismissing the contest proceedings. The contestants have appealed.

The testatrix, Orilla Dean, whose maiden name was Orilla Rogers, married Alvin H. Dean in 1909. She was then fifty-five years of age. Mr. Dean was at that time a widower with three grown children, William H. Dean and George S. Dean, two of the contestants herein, and Carrie Dean Smith, now deceased,…