Shaw v. Moderwell

In the original petition filed herein it was represented to the county court that Erastus C. Moderwell had been duly appointed administrator of the estate of Lydia W. Nandain, deceased; that George W. Shaw, before that time, had what purported to be the last will and testament of decedent probated in that court, and thereupon letters testamentary were issued to him, under which he took possession of the estate, and still retains it. It was further represented, that after-wards, in a proceeding instituted for that purpose, the circuit court declared the will admitted to probate was not the…