In re Wells' Will
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the probate court for tbe District of Chittenden on allowance of the will of Effie E. P. Wells, contested on the grounds of lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1920, Chittenden County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict for proponents sustaining the will. Judgment on the verdict. The contestants excepted. The opinion states the case. .
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The cause is an appeal from the decree admitting to probate an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Effie E. P. Wells, late of Burlington. The grounds of the appeal were lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence. The trial in county court was by jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment sustaining the will. The contestants rely •upon only fifteen of the many exceptions taken during the trial.
Edward Wells, husband of the testatrix, died in February, 1907, leaving a will, and survived, as heirs at law, by his widow and a daughter by a former marriage, Anna Wells…
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