Kaufman v. Caughman
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Lexington, February, 1896. Proceeding in the probate court of Lexington County by Julian E. Kaufman, executor, to prove in due form of law the will of Mrs. Lucinda Drafts, at the instance of her daughter, Mrs. Ella Caughman. The probate court set up the' will, and the contestant appealed to the Circuit Court, which found in favor of the will.
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Before Gary, J., Lexington, February, 1896. Proceeding in the probate court of Lexington County by Julian E. Kaufman, executor, to prove in due form of law the will of Mrs. Lucinda Drafts, at the instance of her daughter, Mrs. Ella Caughman. The probate court set up the' will, and the contestant appealed to the Circuit Court, which found in favor of the will. Contestant appeals, on the following exceptions: 1. Because his Honor erred in allowing proponent to introduce the paper, which he was seeking to establish as the last will and testament of Mrs. Lucinda Drafts, deceased, in evidence at…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
Mrs. Lucinda Drafts made a paper purporting to be her last will and testament on the 19th day of June, 1891, and soon thereafter, on the 9th day of September, 1891, died. This paper was admitted to probate in common form October 27th, 1891. At the instance of the appellant, Mrs. Ella Caughman, the judge of probate for Lexington County required said will to be proven in solemn form of law, and after hearing the case, 'on. the 25th day of October, 1894, filed his decree sustaining the -will. On appeal therefrom to the Circuit Court, the…
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