McNitt's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 271, Jan. T., 1909, by George A. Betzer et al., from decree of O. C. Mifflin Co., May T., 1908, No. 1, refusing issue devisavit vel non in Estate of John L. McNitt, deceased. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree refusing issue devisavit vel non.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The register of wills refused an issue devisavit vel non to try the validity of the will of John L. McNitt, deceased, and the orphans’ court sustained the decision. The appellants contend that the court below erred in refusing to submit to a jury (1) the question of the testamentary capacity of the testator; (2) the question of the alleged undue influence over the testator of one J. H. Taylor, the husband of the appellee, the sole devisee under the will. '
Lizzie Taylor, to whom the testator left his estate amounting to $11,334.87, is the daughter of one of…
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