Dowling v. Luisetti

This is an action to contest a will, submitted only on the ground of mental incapacity. The net amount of the . estate, after deducting claims, was $11,765.56. The jury found for plaintiffs and judgment was entered setting aside the will. Defendant' (sole beneficiary under the will) has appealed. Her contention is that plaintiffs had no substantial evidence of mental incapacity and that the court should have directed a verdict in her favor.

Defendant claims the estate involved under the will of Patrick Dowling who died on April 29, 1940, at St. John’s Hospital [382] in St. Louis at the age of…