Hastings v. Day

Mary E. Hastings died in the month of September^ 1909, without living husband or lineal heirs, and leaving a will executed September 25, 1876, by the terms of which William M. Hastings, her stepson, was made the sole beneficiary of her estate. The instrument having been filed for probate, certain collateral heirs appeared and contested the same on the grounds: (1) That after the execution of said will the testatrix contracted a valid marriage with one Cyrus Harlan, who has since died, and that said marriage operated, as a matter of law, to revoke the previous testamentary disposition of her…