Taylor v. Horst

*448The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, C. J.

This appeal involves the construction of a will, and is from the order of the court refusing to allow the admission of testimony offered to assist the court in construing the will, and from the order dismissing the suit for want of jurisdiction.

The decedent, Ignatius Colvin, conveyed, by his last will and testament, to the appellant, Sarah Taylor, a life interest in a certain tract of land. Colvin, it is alleged, was an ignorant man, unable to read and write. The scrivener (J. K. Mitchell) who drew the will, was ready to testify that…