Dougherty v. Dougherty
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 7 — APPEAL IN WILL CASE cited 1 Williams on Executors, 89, 90, 169, 170, 171, 172, 154; 2 Met., 364; 2 Jarman on Wills, 743; 1 lb., 78 and note. cited 3 RhülemorCs Rep., 397; 1 Vesey, 190; 2 Met., 367. cited 7 Dana, 94; 1 Vesey, Sr., 190; 2 Watts Sergeant, 145; 3 Met., Ill; 14 Grattan, 332, cited l Vesey, Sr., 190; 2 Watts Sf Serg., 145; 6 Vesey, 608; 1 Williams on Executors, 153; 3 Met., 101; 2 Rev. Statutes, 458.
1Opinion of the Court
CHIEÍ1 JUSTICE STITES
delivered the opinion ge the court:
A paper offered for probate, as the last will of James Dougherty, dec’d, having been rejected by the county and circuit court of Franklin, is brought before us by appeal from the latter tribunal, and the only question to be considered is, whether said paper should have been admitted as a valid will.-
Two objections are taken to the paper as a will. First. That it was not published and authenticated in the manner prescribed by law; and Second. If so published and authenticated, that the testator was disqualified, by reason of mental…
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