Crowson v. Crowson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Callaway Circuit Court . — Eon. Jno. A. Hochaday, Judge. (1) The evidence in this case clearly shows that at the time testator made the will he understood the business about which he was engaged; knew the persons who were the natural objects of his bounty, and understood his relations to them, and knew what property he had, and the disposition he desired to make of it.
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Appeal from Callaway Circuit Court . — Eon. Jno. A. Hochaday, Judge. (1) The evidence in this case clearly shows that at the time testator made the will he understood the business about which he was engaged; knew the persons who were the natural objects of his bounty, and understood his relations to them, and knew what property he had, and the disposition he desired to make of it. The provisions of the will itself are such as any wise and prudent man would make for his wife and infant children, and the reasonableness of such provisions is proof itself of testamentary capacity. This being the…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is a statutory contest of the will of R. T. Crowson, deceased, late of Callaway county, The will bears date March 2,1899, and the testator died on March 6, 1899, at the age of sixty-nine years. The will was admitted to probate by the probate court of Callaway county on March 9, 1899. The petition alleges, first, that at the time R. T. Crowson executed said will he was not possessed of sufficient mental capacity to make a valid will; and, second, that said pretended will was procured by undue influence of Minnie Crow-son, his wife, over the said R. T. Crowson.
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