Fowler v. Fowler

Action to contest the purported will of Leavenworth Fowler, who will be referred to as "testator." Trial by jury in the Circuit Court of Jackson County resulted in a verdict finding the paper writing, dated January 23, 1923, not to be the last will and testament of testator. Proponents appealed. The value of the estate fixes our appellate jurisdiction.

The contestants were Joseph Fowler and James Carter Fowler, who were named in the petition as plaintiffs, and Harry T. Fowler, who was therein named as defendant, but who filed an answer admitting the truth of the allegations of said petition.…