Scott v. Fink

Sarah Scott propounded for probate an instrument purporting to be the last will of her father John Fink. Opposition was made by John Fink, the half brother, and by Mary Fink, decedent’s widow, and the step-mother of said John and Sarah. The Court of Probate admitted the instrument as decedent’s last will, and the contestants appealed from the decision. An issue seems to have been made up in the Circuit Court, but the record fails to explain its shape. Enough appears to indicate that proponent affirmed the instrument in question as the last will of the deceased John Fink, and that the…