Odom v. Langston

This is a suit to contest the alleged last will and testament of Barsha Langston, deceased. At the close of all the evidence the trial court directed the jury to return a verdict upholding the will. From the judgment entered the contestants appealed.

The contestants are legal heirs of the testatrix. The defendants, respondents here, are: Louise W. Langston, the principal beneficiary under the will, who was the wife of S. Wayne Langston, deceased, an only child of testatrix; the St. Louis Union Trust Company, a corporation, executor under the alleged will; various beneficiaries named in the…