Haugan v. Chester

One of the most important functions which a person may perform during the period of his life is the making and execution of a will by which he disposes of his material possessions to those whom he deems the legitimate ^objects of his bounty. Sherburn S. Merrill, a man of advanced years, possessing keen intellectual faculties and a ripe judgment (all demonstrated by his great success achieved as an officer and a builder of a mighty railway system), in the year 1883 made and executed his last will and testament, by which he attempted to dispose of all of his estate to persons related to him by…