Franklin v. Martin

SMITH, Justice.

An instrument purporting to have been the will of James Martin, deceased, was admitted to probate by the county court of La Salle county, and, upon appeal, by the district court of that county. Its probate was • contested in both said courts by some of the children of the decedent, who have appealed from the judgment of the district court.

The decedent was eighty-two years of age when he executed the will, which was made about two weeks before his death. He was practically blind at the time, but was in the sound possession of all his mental faculties. Because of his blindness he…