Douglas v. Skidmore

GRISSOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a will contest tried de novo in the district court after having been admitted to probate in the county court. The plaintiffs, or contestants, alleged, first, that the will was not executed by the deceased, Mrs. M. A. Douglas; second, if executed, that at the time of the execution thereof Mrs. Douglas did not possess testamentary capacity; third, that the execution of the instrument as her last will was procured by the undue influence of three of her sons, M. L., O. R., and J. L. Douglas.

The issues of testamentary capacity and undue influence were…