Kennedy v. . Douglas

This proceeding was instituted before the clerk for probate in solemn form of the nuncupative will of Susan Thomas Kennedy. On appeal, his Honor, at the close of the propounder's evidence, held that the evidence was not sufficient in law to establish a nuncupative will, and entered judgment that it was not entitled to be probated and recorded.

Appeal by propounder. The facts, as condensed from the record, are: The deceased, with the intention of making a written will, dictated instructions to her friend, Minnie I. Knox, some nine months before her death, and Minnie I. Knox made written notes…