Randall v. Salvation Army

OPINION

This is an appeal from a verdict in a will contest. Appellants challenge the validity of a holographic will offered for probate by respondent. The bases for their challenge are that the will was improperly executed and that the testator lacked testamentary capacity at the time the will was executed. Both issues were decided against appellants in the district court. We affirm these decisions.

Appellants, Anne and Thomas Randall and Alice Keefer, are the children and stepchild of the testator, James P. Randall. When the elder Mr. Randall died in February of 1978, he left behind evidence…