Ackerman v. Bethune

I have gone over the pleadings and proofs in this case several times, and am not able to see why this action was instituted, or how the relief demanded can be granted.

The material allegations of the complaint are: That one Daniel P. Holland died in ¡November, 1889, leaving a last will and testament, by which he appointed this plaintiff his executrix, and the will was proven and letters were granted her; that in November, 1886, proceedings were instituted in the Supreme Court and an inquisition was ordered, and it was determined that one Thomas Wiggins was an idiot, and there*127after the…