Kenyon v. Saunders
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Appellant’s petition for a trial.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
Susan O. Kenyon died in August, 1893, leaving a will, from the probate of which her husband, George N. Kenyon, appealed. At the time of taking the appeal he was serving a sentence of fifteen years imprisonment in the state prison for the crime of manslaughter, imposed by this court at the March Term, 1893, which sentence is still in force. A motion to dismiss the appeal was granted by the Common Pleas Division oil two grounds : first, that said George N. Kenyon was incapacitated, by reason of his sentence and imprisonment to take the appeal or to sign and seal the appeal bond required by law;…
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