Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Talbot
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 26, 1926PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Probate Court directing an issue to be submitted to a jury, on the petition for the allowance of the'will of Louisa C. Hudson, late of Concord. The issue was as follows: "Was the said Louisa C. Hudson at the time of the execution of the said alleged will of sound mind? ”
The question before us is substantially as it was before the Probate Court, where the motion was heard on statements of counsel on both sides without the introduction of oral testimony. The order of the judge of probate in granting the issue is entitled to weight, and will be carefully…
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3Cited by24 opinions
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