Brackenridge v. Roberts

This case was referred to Section A of the Commission of Appeals. Thereafter its presiding judge; S. H. German, prepared and filed with the court a very exhaustive and far-reaching opinion. Inasmuch as the opinion dealt with very important questions of first impression affecting the law of wills, and also overruled a prior decision of this court, it was deemed advisable to withdraw the case from the Commission and 'to set it for hearing and opinion by the court.

We adopt Judge German’s statement of the case as follows:

“This suit involves a contest of a will and codicils executed by George W.…