Bonnemort v. Gill
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court, allowing the will of Howard Gill. Trial in this court, without a jury, before Morton, J., who found in favor of the will, and affirmed the decree; and the appellants alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is an appeal from the allowance of a will by the Probate Court. The case was tried by a judge, without a jury, on the single issue of the testator’s sanity. It now is before us upon exceptions to the admission and exclusion of evidence. We will take them up in their order, so far as they have not been waived.
1. The second exception was to the exclusion of statements in another case by the petitioner Bonnemort’s counsel, made without objection on Bonnemort’s part, and based on what Bonnemort told his counsel. The statements were let in at a later stage, together with all that happened in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Shailer v. BumsteadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Miller v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Williams v. SpencerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
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- Commonwealth v. ThayerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
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