In Re Will of Margaret Deyton

This is a proceeding begun before the clerk of the Superior Court of Buncombe County to probate a paper-writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Margaret Deyton, deceased, in solemn form. A caveat having been filed, the issue devisavit vel non was raised and the cause was transferred to the civil issue docket for trial upon that issue. At the February Term, 1919, it was heard by the court and a jury. At the close of the evidence the trial judge directed a verdict as appears hereafter in the record. The usual issue was submitted to the jury and answered in the negative, viz:

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