Bolton v. Barnett

By this appeal we are called upon to decide whether a will' duly executed by Mrs. Bolton, deceased, was revoked by a letter testamentary in its cháraeter, wholly written and signed by her, or whether the leteer was merely a codicil to the will; also to construe the will and to decide the right of the appellant Bolton, husband of testatrix, to renounce the will, and what part of the estate, real and personal, he takes upon renunciation. The question is also presented as to the respective rights of the fathers of the two sets of children to be appointed guardian of the estate as well as of the…