Clauder v. Morser

This proceeding contests the last will and testament of Sophie Fredricks. It was instituted by the decedent’s brother, Joseph Clauder, against Marie E. Morser, the decedent’s daughter and sole heir under her will executed June 3,1952. From a decree sustaining the will, the brother appeals.

Sophie Fredricks was 79 years of age when she died in the Hazelwood Sanitarium in Portland, Oregon, on June 14, 1952, leaving an estate valued at approximately $5,000. She was a native of Austria and could neither read nor write, which explains why all the instruments hereinafter referred to were executed by…