Lyne v. Guardian

A bill in Chancery was brought by William Lyne, against divers persons, devisees and legatees of one Joab Lyne, and against the executor, to set aside a will; and the bill goes against the subscribing witnesses, for a discovery. The bill charges, that the testator was not of sound and disposing mind; that he was practised on by the parties, and that the testator never consented to the same, when he was in a compos mentis situation. It also charges, the will was a forgery. It charges, that these persons, or some of them, have taken possession of the estate, real and personal, and that they…