Legal Opinion

Call v. Byram

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1872PublishedCited by 2 opinions

APPEAL from the Hendricks Common Pleas.

1Opinion of the CourtPettit, J.

This suit was brought by the appellees, John Byram and Hannah Byram, his wife, against the appellant, -John D. Call, to contest and set aside the will of Catharine Call, who was the mother of the appellant and of the appellee Hannah Byram, they being brother and sister. The *500causes alleged for contesting the will are the unsoundness of mind of, and undue influence exercised over, the testatrix, Catharine Call. The answer was the general denial. There was a trial by jury and a verdict for the appellees. A motion for a new trial for the following reasons was overruled, exception taken, and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Barnard v. GrahamIndiana Supreme Court · 1860
  2. Hollingsworth v. State ex rel. HarveyIndiana Supreme Court · 1856
  3. Albaugh v. JamesIndiana Supreme Court · 1868
  4. Lures v. BotteIndiana Supreme Court · 1866
  5. Shirk v. CartrightIndiana Supreme Court · 1868

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Elliott v. RussellIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. HembergerIndiana Supreme Court · 1873

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