Meeker v. Meeker
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Tama District Court. — Hon. John L. Stevens, Judge. This is a proceeding involving the validity of an instrument in writing claimed to be the last will and testament of William Meeker, deceased. The plaintiffs, being four of his sons and one son-in-law, are the legatees and devisees under the alleged will,- and they presented it for probate. Two of them are named therein as executors.
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Appeal from Tama District Court. — Hon. John L. Stevens, Judge. This is a proceeding involving the validity of an instrument in writing claimed to be the last will and testament of William Meeker, deceased. The plaintiffs, being four of his sons and one son-in-law, are the legatees and devisees under the alleged will,- and they presented it for probate. Two of them are named therein as executors. The defendants are two sons and a daughter of the testator who were not made beneficiaries under the will, and they contest it upon the grounds that it was obtained by undue influence, and that the…
1Opinion of the CourtRoturo ck, J.
evidence8^8' opinion's ¿f neighbors. I. The writing claimed to be a will was made and executed in August, 1886, and William Meeker died in October of the same year, aSe(a seventy-seven years. He removed from Warren county, Ohio, to this state in " the year 1856, and for many years prior to and up to the time of his death he owned and lived upon a farm in Tama county. By the will in question he disinherited the contestants. The evidence introduced upon the trial was directed mainly to his mental capacity at the time the will was made. There is no conflict in the evidence that for some years…
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