Hartman v. Hartman

This is an action to contest the will of Leander J. Hartman, who died, testate, September 24, 1922, on the grounds of testamentary incapacity and undue influence. The court took the case from the jury on the issue of undue influence, and submitted it on the issue of testamentary incapacity. The jury by their verdict found for the proponents of the will and the plaintiffs appealed.

The testator, Leander J. Hartman, familiarly known as Lank Hartman, was a bachelor. His will was written on February 8, 1922; he died September 24, 1922, aged seventy. He devised his estate to his sisters, Lucy J.…