In re Will of Smith
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from a decree of the probate court establishing a certain instrument as the last will and testament of Columbus Smith. Trial by jury, on issues framed ’ by the court, at the June Term, 1913, Addison County, Taylor, J., presiding.
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Appeal from a decree of the probate court establishing a certain instrument as the last will and testament of Columbus Smith. Trial by jury, on issues framed ’ by the court, at the June Term, 1913, Addison County, Taylor, J., presiding. The following four questions were submitted to the jury: “Was Columbus Smith on the 30th day of December, A. D. 1897, at the time of the execution of the will in question of sound mind? “Was Columbus Smith on the 16th day of January, A. D. 1899, at the time of the execution of the first codicil of said ■will of sound mind ? “Was Columbus Smith on the 12th day…
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
This was an appeal by the contestants from a decree of the probate court for the district of Addison allowing a certain instrument, with three alleged codicils thereto, as the last will and testament of Columbus Smith, late of Salisbury, who died November 10, 1909, at the age of 89 years, leaving an estate, conceded, for the purposes of the trial, to amount to $340,000.00, a substantial part of which was real estate. The contestants were heirs-at-law of the testator. The case was first tried on appeal in 1912 by jury upon issues framed by the court. This trial resulted in a disagreement.…
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