Widdowson's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 52, Oct. T., 1898, by John Widdowson, from decree of O. 0. Indiana Co., June T., 1897, No. 81, refusing issue devisavit vel non. Appeal from register of wills admitting will to probate. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
The contention of mental unsoundness of the testator was entirely unsupported by any testimony, and was abandoned on the argument. As to the averment of undue influence in the procurement of the will, we have not been referred to any testimony in support of the allegation. After having read the testimony relating to the making and execution of the will with care and patience, we fail to discover any evidence whatever tending to sustain the averment. The testimony showed without any contradiction that the attending physicians, anticipating an early dissolution of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cuthbertson's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
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