Gruis v. Winnebago County

REES, Justice.

This is an action at law to set aside the probate of the will of one Bert Gruis. Plaintiffs alleged lack of testamentary capacity to make a valid will; a jury was *572empanelled and at the close of all the evidence the court sustained a motion to direct, and plaintiffs-contestants appeal. We affirm.

Bert Gruis died at the age of 76 years, on November 3, 1968. He had never married, and the contestants are nieces and nephews and collectively, as a class, comprise all of his heirs at law. He had engaged in farming for many years, but in recent years had retired and lived in the town of…