Taylor v. Hoyt

All of the parties are children and heirs at law of Henry S. Hoyt, upon whose death a document, purporting to be his will, was offered for probate by the defendant Tesco Hoyt. The dispositions in that document favored Tesco Hoyt and one of his sisters to the disadvantage of the other heirs. The latter filed objections to the probate of the will on the grounds of improper execution and attestation, lack of mental capacity, undue influence, and fraud. When the resulting issues were about to be tried, the heirs entered into an agreement under which, “in consideration of the withdrawal of said…