Young's Estate
Oregon Supreme Court
From Umatilla: Henry J. Bean, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. James W. Young, a resident of Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon, died on the 26th day of August, 1905, leaving real and personal property, approximately of the value of from $30,000 to $40,000. He left a will, bequeathing a farm in Umatilla County to Mrs. Nora Watts, a niece, making no disposition of his other property, which, in the absence of testamentary disposition, devolved upon certain nephews and…
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From Umatilla: Henry J. Bean, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. James W. Young, a resident of Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon, died on the 26th day of August, 1905, leaving real and personal property, approximately of the value of from $30,000 to $40,000. He left a will, bequeathing a farm in Umatilla County to Mrs. Nora Watts, a niece, making no disposition of his other property, which, in the absence of testamentary disposition, devolved upon certain nephews and nieces who were parties to this proceeding in the court below. The will was admitted to probate on September 19, 1905, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
We are forced to the conclusion that the alleged will is a forgery. And not only that it is a forgery, but that the letters and exhibits produced by proponent to sustain *352it are also forgeries. It is practically conceded, and no reasonable person can doubt, that both the alleged wills previously produced, which purported to convey the bulk of the property of deceased to proponent, were bold, impudent forgeries. It is a fair presumption that they were made in the interest and at the instigation of the person who was to profit by them. They were discovered in the possession of proponent, and…
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