In re Walter's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
This case is here a second time; see In re Walter’s Estate, 215 Mich. 572. A reference to that opinion will disclose the facts and they need not be here again stated. We there held: (a) that-the contestants were not opposite parties within the meaning of 3 Comp. Laws 1915, § 12553, and that it was error to exclude their testimony; (b) that there was no evidence of mental incapacity; (c) that opinions of non-expert witnesses were not permissible unless the witness testified to some facts inconsistent with sanity; (d) that inasmuch as there was testimony tending to show that testatrix…
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