Watson v. Christensen

In this will contest, the jury returned special verdicts finding that testator was without testamentary ca paeity and that his will was the product of undue influence. Proponents appeal from the judgment denying probate.

Testator was 80 years old at the time of execution of this will, one day before his death. His son, the contestant, was the only child of decedent. Although his parents had been divorced when he was five, he had maintained a close relationship with his father, spending school vacations with him, and, after his own marriage, visited the father frequently.

In 1948, the father…