YATES v. JEANS

No. 7915.

345 S.W.2d 657 (1961)

Benita L. YATES, John E. Jones, Mrs. Chester H. Crain, and Willard J. Walker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James W. JEANS and Hazel Jeans, his wife, and James W. Jeans, Executor of the Estate of Clara Hood, deceased, Defendants-Respondents.

Springfield Court of Appeals. Missouri.

April 10, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. H. Garner, Max Patten, Joplin, for appellant.

A. L. Shortridge, Joplin, for respondent.


McDOWELL, Judge.

This is an action by appellants, Benita L. Yates, John E. Jones, Mrs. Chester H. Crain and Willard J. Walker, nieces and nephews of Clara Hood, deceased, to contest her will dated November 15, 1952. The cause was tried before the court in Division I of Jasper County, Missouri, and, at the end of all of the evidence, judgment was entered establishing the instrument in writing dated November 15, 1952, as the last will and testament of the deceased....

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