Hyatt v. . Hyatt

Tbe usual issue was submitted to tbe jury- — devisavit vel non: “Is tbe paper-writing offered by tbe propounder, or any part thereof, and if so, what part, the last will and testament of the said John B. Hyatt, deceased?” The jury answered the issue, “Yes, every part of it.”

Plaintiffs, caveators, assign the following errors:

“No. 1 is addressed to the refusal of the court to admit in evidence, for the purpose which they were offered, the letters from the alleged testator, John B. Hyatt, to Mrs. W. A. Whitner, and the accompanying envelope, as identified by the witnesses; and the caveators…