In Re Estate Of Ida Bottger

STEINERT, J. -- Upon the admission to probate of the purported will of Ida Bottger, deceased, five of her children and four of her grandchildren filed in the pending probate cause a petition seeking to have the decedent's will declared null and void and the probate thereof revoked, and further seeking to have set aside two deeds which the decedent had executed a year or more before her death. The petition was directed against Harry Bottger, another child of the decedent, who was named as executor and the principal beneficiary in the will and as sole grantee in each of the two deeds. The prayer of the petition was based upon allegations that, at the time of executing the purported deeds and will, the decedent was of unsound mind and unable to comprehend the nature of her acts, and was, furthermore, acting under undue influence exerted upon her by Harry Bottger and his wife, Charlotte Bottger.