State v. Ames

This is a suit to annul a judgment confirming- an act of last will and putting in possession the party named therein as universal legatee. The action is brought in the name of the State on the alleged ground that tlio will probated is a forgery, and that the succession, pretended to be bequeathed by it, belongs of right to the-State, in default of there being any one legally entitled to succeed.

Tlio answer is a general denial.

There was judgment in the court below, annulling the order probating the will and ordering its execution as having been rendered contrary to law. The defendant has…