Doolittle v. Davenport

This appeal arises out of a contest over the probate of the alleged will of Lutellus Doolittle, deceased. The proponent is L. D. Davenport, who is the main beneficiary in the will and named therein as executor. The contestants are a brother and sister of the deceased. The case was tried without a jury, and the court found that at the time of the making of the alleged will the deceased was of unsound mind and incapable, from such unsoundness of mind, of making a will, and that the alleged will is not his will; and judgment was entered denying the probate.

The proponent made a motion for a new…