Postelle v. Shuholm

This is an appeal from a decree sustaining the will of Mrs. Bandi Andersen, deceased, against a contest by Helen M. Postelle and Balph GK Bunning, who are respectively niece and nephew of the testatrix, and *444claim to be her sole heirs at law. The grounds of contest are lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence.

Mrs. Andersen was about 85 years of age at the time of her death. She was of Norwegian birth, but had resided in Portland, Oregon, for many years. Her husband predeceased her, and it does not appear that she had ever had any children.

At some time around midday on March 28, 1949,…