Huffman v. Graves

The plaintiff in error filed a bill in chancery to contest the validity of the will of her mother, Rachel M. Graves, and to set aside the probate thereof. The trial resulted in a verdict sustaining the validity of the will and a decree dismissing the bill, to reverse which the complainant prosecutes a writ of error.

It is first contended that the evidence fails to show a legal execution and attestation of the alleged will. The answer to this contention is, that no such objection to the validity of the will was stated in the bill. On the contrary, the bill alleges that Rachel M. Graves executed…