Brothers and Sisters of Wencil Rigel,
left $5 Each, Contest Will
A district court jury was being impaneled before Judge A. B.
Clark Thursday to hear an action brought by brothers,
sisters, nieces and nephews of the late Wencil Rigel of
College township, who died June 8, 1934, to set aside an
instrument admitted to probate in district court as Rigel's will.
Under the document a farm was bequeathed to Leo Rigel, a
son of William Rigel, a deceased brother of Wencil Rigel.
Brothers and sisters were allotted $5 each and the balance of
the estate was left to a number of nieces and nephews.
Defendents are named as Leo Rigel and the Swisher Trust
and Savings bank as executors, Leo Rigel individually, and
others. The plaintiffs aver that the will was presented to
Wencil Rigel on May 30 (illigible) lacked testamentary
capacity as a result of having undergone a major operation the
previous day.
The plaintiffs also assert undo influence and
maintain that Mr. Rigel did not sign the will in the presence of
all the attesting witnesses. The defendents deny the allegations.
The protesting heirs ask that Rigel be adjudged to have died
intestate, the executors appointment be effaced and
appointment of an administrator made
The plaintiffs are Anton Rigel, Mary Vaverka, Frank Rigel
and Kate Hudrlik, brothers and sisters , and George Vaverka,
Mrs. Alice Petrick, Mrs. Emma Konasek, William Vaverka,
Edward Vaverka, George Rigel, Leonard Rigel, Alvin Rigel,
Emil Rigel, Leo Rigel, son of Anton Rigel, and Lester Rigel,
nephews and nieces.
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