Bockert v. Bockert

On March 17, 1944, the last will and testament of Wallace Bockert, deceased, was admitted to probate in the Probate Court, Pickaway county, Ohio. This will named as executor and sole legatee and devisee a brother of the decedent, Gordon Bockert, the defendant, appellee herein.

On March 31, 1944, Hárry Bockert, plaintiff, appellant herein, a brother of the decedent and of the defendant, filed in the Common Pleas Court of Pickaway county, Ohio, a petition contesting the validity of this last will and testament, and, at the time the petition was filed, a praecipe was left for service upon Gordon…