Atherton v. Gaslin
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Nelson Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Clay
Affirming.
The principal question on this appeal is whether in a contest -of a will, on the sole ground of forgery, the declarations -of the testator are admissible in corroboration of .other and more direct evidence tending to show the genuineness of the will.
*461The question arises in the following way: J. F. Atherton, a bachelor, died March 6, 1919. He had two full brothers, Filmóre Atherton and William B. Atherton, and one full sister, Emma Atherton, who married A. W. Gaslin and died leaving four children, W. B. Gaslin, Maude Farmer, Maude Beeler and Boscoe…
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