Hammonds v. Hammonds

STONE, Judge.

In Count I of their petition, plaintiffs, the seven surviving children and heirs-at-law of Josiah M. Hammonds, who died on May-29, 1949, sought to set aside his last will and testament on the grounds that the testator was mentally incompetent when the will was made on May 20, 1949, and that it was executed by reason of undue influence exercised by defendant, Lula Hammonds, testator’s fourth wife and plaintiffs’ stepmother. In Count II of their petition, plaintiffs alleged that Josiah had owned two lots in Malden, Missouri; that, during 1944, he and his wife had conveyed one of…