Crandall's Appeal From Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from a decree of a probate court approving the will of Ebenezer Farrows; taken to the Superior Court in Windham County, and tried to the jury before Hamers-ley, J. Verdict against the will and appeal by the original appellees for errors in the charge of the court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is an appeal from a probate decree establishing the last will and testament of Ebenezer Farrows. The will was attacked on two grounds — mental incapacity and undue influence. On the trial to the jury the proponents of the will presented to the court several requests to charge the jury. These requests were not complied with in terms, and the appellees insist that they were not complied with in substance. The jury returned a verdict against the will, and the appellees appealed to this court.
The reasons of appeal allege that the court erred in respect to each of the six requests. We will…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Field's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1869
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