Layton v. Riney

This was a proceeding under our statute of wills, to contest the validity of the will of Thomas Riney, deceased, upon the ground of undue influence exercised upon the mind of the testator by one Sarah Riney. The answer denies all the allegations in the petition respecting the mental condition of the testator, and the undue influence exercised upon him by said Sarah Riney.

Upon the trial of the issue, the plaintiffs offered to give in evidence the declarations of Thomas Riney, jr., one of the defendants, but the other defendants objected upon the ground that, although a co-defendant, his…