Legal Opinion

Feuchter v. Keyl

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided May 19, 1891Published

Error to the Circuit Court of Summit county. These proceedings originated in the Probate Court of Summit county, in October, 1885, by the filing of a paper called a petition, in the following words and figures: “ To the Honorable C. R. Grant, Judge of the Probate Court in and for Summit county, Ohio.

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Error to the Circuit Court of Summit county. These proceedings originated in the Probate Court of Summit county, in October, 1885, by the filing of a paper called a petition, in the following words and figures: “ To the Honorable C. R. Grant, Judge of the Probate Court in and for Summit county, Ohio. Your petitioners, Catherine Keyl and Elizabeth Dietrich, the children and heirs at law of Anna Kath Shook, nee Feuehter, a sister of the said John Feuchter, deceased, George Feuchter, Katherina Walser, Heinrich Feuchter and Christine Feuchter, the children and heirs at law of George Michael…

1Opinion of the CourtBbadbtjry, J.

The only question presented to this court by the record in this cause, is whether the defendants in error had a right to carry to the court of common pleas by an appeal, the proceedings begun by them in the probate court. That right depends upon (1) whether that proceeding is to be construed as an offer to repropound the will of John Feuchter, and (2) were they bound by the order of April 30, 1885, of the probate court, refusing to admit it to probate. The plaintiff in error, without denying the general right of every person interested in the probate of a will, to appeal from an order…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Windsor v. McVeighSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Black v. HillOhio Supreme Court · 1876

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