Legal Opinion

Harrison's will

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 27, 1841PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Will Case. Case 104. Error to the Fayette County Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Judge Ewing

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The decedent was, from old age and intemperance, of feeble body and mind, at the time he made the will offered for probate, which bears date the 8th November, 1838, and was at that time, most likely, incapable of digesting, arranging, and consummating a complicated contract;^ and the proof, by the subscribing witnesses, as to the manner and circumstances attending the presentation of the will to the testator, and the acknowledgement by him, are rather equivocal and unsatisfactory. But when we take into consideration all the circumstances proven,…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Noble v. EnosIndiana Supreme Court · 1862
  2. McIntire v. McConnSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
  3. Major v. GarrottCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914

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