Legal Opinion
Brosnan v. Brosnan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 3, 1923No. 56PublishedCited by 10 opinions
ON CERTIFICATE FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Question propounded by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in a case coming to that court from the Supreme Court of the District.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford
This case comes before us, under § 251'of the Judicial Code, upon the following certificate: .
“ The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia certifies that the record in this case discloses the following:- Timothy Brosnan died in the District of Columbia, wherein he resided and was domiciled, on May 2, 1919, leaving a last Will and Testament dated July 29, 1918, which was duly filed for probate, whereupon his widow Margaret Brosnan, the appellee here, filed a caveat challenging the mental capacity of the decedent. At the dose of the evidence, which was conflicting upon this point, the…
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