Thorne v. . Williams

This is a bill filed in the court of equity for the purpose of obtaining a rehearing of the probate of the will of Joseph John Hill, and also praying a discovery of a paper-writing, not proven, purporting to have been the will of said Hill.

The bill states that the complainants, the children of Samuel Thorne, are the next of kin of the deceased, and were infants at the time of probate, and not parties. As to Thorne, it charges that he contested the will, and finally, to compose family disputes, withdrew his opposition, but without prejudice to the rights of his children. It further charges…