Swain v. Bowers
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the CourtMcMahan, J.
This is an action by Sarah Swain, Georgiana Fulton, Earl Bumgartner, Homer Bumgartner, Aubrey Fosnaugh, and June Fosnaugh to have the last will and testament of B. Elizabeth Miller declared void. The first four named plaintiffs are brothers and sisters of the testatrix, while the last two are the children of a deceased sister. The complaint alleges that the testatrix died the owner of personal property worth in excess of $100,000, and that, in the absence of a will, these plaintiffs, as heirs, would have inherited all of the property of which the testatrix died the owner. The court sustained…
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