In Re Waning's Appeal

This case comes to the Law Court on exceptions to a decree of a Justice of the Superior Court, sitting in Cumberland County as the Supreme Court of Probate. The Justice of the Supreme Court of Probate sustained the appeal of Jane Walsh Waning, who appealed from a decree of the Judge of Probate for Cumberland County allowing the Will of Patrick M. Silke, and after hearing, the Supreme Court of Probate sustained the appeal, reversed the Cumberland County Probate Court and disallowed the will.

In the bill of exceptions filed by Thomas J. Silke, and allowed by the court, it is stated that the…