Luper v. Werts
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Linn county: R. P. Boise, judge. Martin Werts died in the county of Linn on tbe thirtieth day of September, 1888. The deceased at the time of his death was an inhabitant of said county, and left real and personal property owned and possessed by him in his lifetime, and left an instrument of writing in the form of a will and testament which purported to dispose of said property.
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Appeal from Linn county: R. P. Boise, judge. Martin Werts died in the county of Linn on tbe thirtieth day of September, 1888. The deceased at the time of his death was an inhabitant of said county, and left real and personal property owned and possessed by him in his lifetime, and left an instrument of writing in the form of a will and testament which purported to dispose of said property. On the fifteenth day of October, 1888, the said instrument of writing, by order of the county court, was admitted to probate in the common form as the last will and testament of the deceased. Thereafter and…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, C. J.
It appears from the allegations and proofs herein that one Martin Werts and Mary Werts were husband and wife; that at the time of their marriage said Martin was a bachelor, and said Mary, a widow, had been the wife of one Smith, by whom she had several children then living; that after the marriage, said Martin became the head of the family, and nurtured and supported the said children during their minority; that he and the said Mary had, as the fruit of their marriage, a daughter, the said Sarah L. Luper, appellant herein; that after the said Martin Werts ' arrived at the age of about 70…
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