Coulter v. People

Plaintiff in error was adjudged to pay a fine, “as for contempt of court,” upon the charge that he had secreted or wilfully withheld the last will of one J. M. Snowden, deceased, and brings the matter here for review.

The proceedings are based upon Sec. 7080 R. S. That section requires, as an essential pre-requisite to1 the jurisdiction of the county court in proceedings thereunder, that a complaint be filed by some credible person, showing, inter alia, that the accused has, or there is reason to believe he has, in his possession the last will of a person deceased, “zthereof such court hath…