Protheroe v. Davies

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This was an action to contest the validity of the last will and testament of the late Mrs. Mary Davies of Osage county. The will was admitted to probate and this action followed:

Plaintiffs are a daughter and son of the testatrix. Defendants are another son and daughter, and the third defendant is the executor named in the will. One son’s wife is also a defendant.

*721It is necessary to an understanding of this lawsuit to narrate some matters of family history which appear in the record. The late David 0. Davies and Mary Davies, his wife, came…