Gaylor's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from a decree of a court of probate approving the last will of Louis Gaylor deceased; taken to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The case was tried to the jury, before Sanford, J., and a verdict rendered for the appellees. The appellant moved for a new trial for error in the rulings of the court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The question before the jury was, whether a paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Louis Gaylor was duly attested. The appellant claimed that it was not, for the reason that it did not appear that the attesting witnesses subscribed their names thereto in the presence of each other. The statute, which was in force when the will was executed, is as follows:—“All wills shall be in writing, *84subscribed by the testator, and attested by three witnesses, all of them subscribing in his presence.” Gen. Statutes, Rev. 18G6, p. 402.
On the trial the appellant offered to prove by William 5.…
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