Stephens v. Joyal
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from a decree of the probate court, assigning to the said Margaret, who claimed to be the widow of the said Joseph, who died intestate, all the real and personal estate of the decedent. The court, at the April term, 1872, Royce, J., presiding, affirmed the decree of the probate court. The only question on trial was* whether at the time of her marriage to the said Joseph, the said Margaret’s former husband, George Edwards, was living.
Read the full summary
Appeal from a decree of the probate court, assigning to the said Margaret, who claimed to be the widow of the said Joseph, who died intestate, all the real and personal estate of the decedent. The court, at the April term, 1872, Royce, J., presiding, affirmed the decree of the probate court. The only question on trial was* whether at the time of her marriage to the said Joseph, the said Margaret’s former husband, George Edwards, was living. She was married £o said Edwards in 1842,. at Highgate, Vermont, and lived with him till May, 1854, and had six children by him. She was married to the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
I. The appellee improved Adam Edwards as a witness, to prove that his father, George Edwards, (the former *328husband of the defendant administratrix,) died in the year 1854; and on cross-examination, he denied that he had ever said “ that ■he received a letter in 1861, stating that the said George Edwards was dead, but he knew better, as the letter was in Ms father’s handwriting.” He also denied that he had told his sister-in-law, in 1861, that “ his father (the said George Edwards) had gone back to live with Margaret again.” The appellant…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Aiken v. BridgmanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1864
- Perrin v. GrangerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1860
- Dupy v. WickwireSupreme Court of Vermont · 1814
3Cited by1 opinion
- Vermont Fruit Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1918