Neal v. Caldwell

This is an action to probate a will alleged to have been destroyed by the testator as the result of undue influence and an unsound mind. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs (proponents) and established a certain paper writing, averred to be, in substance and effect, a copy of her will, as the last will and testament of Mary L. Robinson, deceased. The defendants, her heirs at law, appealed.

The evidence for plaintiffs warrants the finding that Mary L. Robinson, hereinafter called testatrix, in October, 1924, placed in the kitchen stove and destroyed by burning a will which she…