Weber v. Strobel
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Warwick Hough, Judge. (1) There is no substantial evidence in the record of this case that the testator’s will was the product of undue influence, and the court should have sustained the demurrer to respondents’ evidence.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Warwick Hough, Judge. (1) There is no substantial evidence in the record of this case that the testator’s will was the product of undue influence, and the court should have sustained the demurrer to respondents’ evidence. Teckenbrock v. McLaughlin, 209 Mo. 533; Campbell v. Carlyle, 162 Mo. 634; Conner v. Skaggs, 111 S. W. 1132; Sehr v. Lindeman, 153 Mo. 276; Tulbright v. County, 145 Mo. 432; McEadin v. Catron, 138 Mo. 197; Riley v. Sherwood, 144 Mo. 354; Von de Veld v. Judy, 148 Mo. 348; Berberet v. Berberet, 131 Mo. 399; Cash v. Lust, 142 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtKennish, P. J.
This suit was brought in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis to contest the purported last will and testament of William J. Baier, deceased. The testator died in the city of St. Louis on the 17th day of July, 1905, leaving surviving him no blood relations nearer than uncles, aunts and first cousins. Within a few days after the death of testator his purported last will and testament was duly admitted to probate. By its terms all of testator’s property was willed and devised to John Strobel and Molly Strobel, his wife. Shortly thereafter this suit was instituted by the legal heirs of the…
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