Abernathy v. McCoy

One John Evans, a resident of- Ohio, died testate in Ross County, Ohio, in 1842, the owner of several large tracts of land in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. He executed his last will and testament on May 24,1837, and a codicil thereto on September 25, 1838. After his death, the said will, with the codicil thereto, was duly probated in the court of common pleas of said Ross County on January 11, 1842. Thereafter, by order of the Tippecanoe Probate Court, and upon due application in that behalf, a certified copy of said will was, on February 17, 1845, recorded in the record of wills of Tippecanoe…