Stewart v. Lyons

BRAnnon, Judge :

A writing was admitted to probate by the clerk of the county court of Wetzel comity as the will of Mary A. Brookover. When this probate came up for confirmation before the county court, Aaron Lyons and others contested such confirmation and denied the validity of the will, and upon trial of the contest the court held the paper not to be such will,, and refused to confirm the probate made by the clerk. An appeal was taken by Houston Stewart, the sole devisee and legatee under the will, of the circuit court, and after two trials without decision by reason of hung juries a third…