Goff v. Clinton

This case is here on the bill of exceptions of George C. Clinton, executor of and residuary legatee under the will of Jennie B. Martin, late of the city of Providence, deceased. A jury in the Superior Court found that the document offered for probate was not the will of Jennie B. Martin because it was executed under the undue influence of George C. Clinton — hereinafter called the proponent. Counsel for proponent in his oral argument stated that the substantial exceptions are to the refusal of the trial justice to direct a verdict and to grant a new trial. The evidence required the submission…