Legal Opinion

Case of Wells' Will

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 1, 1824PublishedCited by 13 opinions

From the Shelby County Court.

1Opinion of the Court

*273Opinion of the Court,

by Judge Mills.

A writing, purporting to be the-will of George Wells, was produced in the county court of Shelby, where the testator last resided, and offered for probat by the executors therein named, at the March court, 1817. The court proceeded to hear the testimony of the subscribing witnesses, and decided the proof insufficient, and refused to record the will. The legatees, as the record states, at the same court, made a motion to reconsider the decision, and this motion was overruled.

There is no limitation as to the time a will shall be proved. The decision ■of a…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Dibble v. WinterIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
  2. Thrasher v. IngramSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
  3. Pryor v. MiznerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1881
  4. Darrington v. BorlandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1836
  5. Patton v. SalleeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914

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