Hobson v. Moorman
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM FAYETTE. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Fayette County.— R. E. Maiden, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAlister
This is an issue of devisamt vel non from the circuit court of Fayette county. The will in controversy was executed by Mrs. Jane B. George, on the 23d day of October, 1899, and is attacked upon the ground of undue influence and want of testamentary capacity. The contestants are Lizzie Hobson, John D. Boyd, and Harry Boyd, family servants of the testatrix, and legatees under a prior will executed on the 29th day of June, 1898. The proponent of the present will is H. C. Moorman, who was appointed administrator cum testa-mento annexe. The case has been tried several times in the circuit court…
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- De La Cuesta v. CalkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
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