Veldman v. Mann

Sarah R. Mann, widow of Alexander V. Mann, of Muskegon, Michigan, died June 4, 1920, leaving an estate valued at about $100,000 and a will executed April 30, 1912, with codicil added April 6, 1914, naming executors in the place of the two appointed in her will who had since died. When the will was presented for probate her son, William H. Mann, appeared and contested it on the ground of undue influence and mental incapacity, requesting the probate court to certify the contest to the circuit court of Muskegon county for trial as authorized by statute. This was done and the case tried in the…