Whipple v. Eddy

This is a bill in chancery to contest the last will of Ira B. Eddy, under section 7, chapter 148, of the Revised Statutes, wherein appellee is complainant, and appellant, as executor of the alleged will, is defendant, upon the ground of mental incapacity and undue influence. It contains many allegations foreign to the issue, and seems to seek to put in question the conduct of the executor in the management of the estate, as well as the validity of the will. For this reason a demurrer in the form of exceptions was filed to it by the defendant, and overruled, whereupon he answered.

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