In re the Probate of the Will of Jackman
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Rock County. Hiram Jackman appealed to said circuit court from the decision of the county court admitting to probate a certain paper-writing purporting to be the last will of Timothy Jackman, deceased.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Rock County. Hiram Jackman appealed to said circuit court from the decision of the county court admitting to probate a certain paper-writing purporting to be the last will of Timothy Jackman, deceased. The circuit court, upon the special verdict of a jury, reversed the decision of the probate court; and from this judgment Anson Rogers, Allen C. Bates and Marcia M. Jackman, the executors and executrix named in said instrument, and said Marcia M. Jackman as widow and legatee of the deceased, appealed to this court. The facts of the case are stated more fully in…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
On the appeal from the decision of the county court admitting the will of Timothy Jackman to probate, the circuit court ordered the following issues to he tried by a jury, namely:
First. Did Timothy Jackman, in his life time, execute the paper-writing propounded as his last will and testament, bearing date September 18th, 1866; and did the witnesses whose names are thereto subscribed, attest and subscribe the same in the presence of said Timothy Jackman; and were they competent at the time they subscribed their names thereto ?
Secondly. Was the said Timothy Jackman, when he executed the said…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Shailer v. BumsteadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Clapp v. . FullertonNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Tyler v. . GardinerNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Gardiner v. GardinerNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Taylor v. KellySupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Ginter v. GinterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1909
- In Re the Will of PutnamNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Brook v. ChappellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- Patterson v. JensenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1944
- Will of Ball v. BostonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
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