Peavey v. Crawford

Russell, Chief Justice.

On March 3, 1930, Martha D. Peavey filed in the court of ordinary of Dawson Cofinty a petition to probate in solemn form the will of Mary J. E. Crawford, who was alleged to have died on January 29, 1930, attaching a copy of the will to the petition. The exact time when the caveat in this case was filed in the court of ordinary does not appear from the record, but it appears from the bill of exceptions that by consent the proceeding was appealed to the superior court. The writ of error complains of the overruling of the propounder’s motion for a new trial after verdict…