Cunningham v. Dorwart

The bill in this case was filed to contest a will. The testatrix was Mary L. Cunningham. She executed her will January 15, 1920, and died September 14, 1924, aged about seventy years. She had been married, but her husband did not live long and she had been a widow many years. J. Edward Cunningham, her only child and heir, survived her. By her will she gave her son $3000, to be paid to him within one year after her death. The balance of her estate, after the payment of debts and funeral expenses, she gave to' her brother, George F. Dorwart, appellant. After the will was admitted to probate,…