Beyer v. LeFevre
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was a bill filed in the Supreme Court of this District on April 7, 1899, to set aside the following will: • In the name of God, Amen.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was a bill filed in the Supreme Court of this District on April 7, 1899, to set aside the following will: • In the name of God, Amen. “I Mary Beyer of the city and county of Washington and District of Columbia being now of sound and disposing mind, do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament: That is to say, first after all my lawful debts are paid and discharged the residue of my estate, real and personal I give, devise,' bequéath, and dispose of as follows: to wit all the furniture and personal…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The appellant contends, first, that the- Supreme Court of the
District, sitting as a court of equity, had no jurisdiction of this cause; second, that the verdict of the jury was not sustained by the evidence; and, third, that there was duress and coercion of the jury by the court, which resulted in an unjust verdict.
We pass the first question with the- observation that, whatever might .have been the conclusion if the defendants had stood upon their challenge of the jurisdiction, the agreement of the parties to submit certain questions to a jury, the trial before the jury and the stipulation…
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