WILL OF DOBSON


258 Wis. 587 (1951)

WILL OF DOBSON: DOBSON (Harold) and another, Contestants and Appellants, vs. DOBSON (Margaret) and another, Proponents and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 6, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Rynders of Madison, for the appellants.

For the respondents there was a brief by Jones & Hamilton of Dodgeville, and oral argument by Frank D. Hamilton.


GEHL, J.

No serious claim is made that Joseph Dobson lacked testamentary capacity. The will was attacked principally upon the ground that it was the result of undue influence exercised upon the testator by his son, Milburn Dobson. The contestants rely heavily upon the fact that the will gives Milburn the bulk of the residue of his estate. We might, without great difficulty, conclude that in equity the instrument provides an unjust distribution of the estate. However...

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