In re Wood's Will
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from a decree of the probate court for' the District of Orleans establishing an instrument as the last will and testament of William Wood. Plea, lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1919, Orleans County, Moulton, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the proponent. The contestants excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, Supr. J.
At the trial of this cause, which was an appeal from the decree of the probate coprt for the district *409of Orleans, the jury returned a verdict “that the instrument propounded is the last will and testament of the said William Wood” and two special verdicts to the effect that the testator at the time he executed the will had sufficient mental capacity so to do and was not under the undue influence of the proponent James Wood and the wife of James, or either of them. The proponent was a nephew of William Wood. The contestants are all nephews and nieces. Mr. Wood never married and…
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