Shanley's Appeal From Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Hartford Dist., Oct. T., 1892. Andrews, C. J., Carpenter, Torrance, Prentice and Robinson, Js. Appeal from a probate decree establishing the will of Fanny Shanley ; taken to the Superior Court in Litchfield County, and tried to the jury upon the issue of mental soundness of the testatrix, before Seymour, J. Verdict sustaining the will, and appeal by the original appellant for error in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The appellant contested the will of Mrs. Fanny Shanley on the ground that at the date of her will she was not of sound and disposing mind and memory and competent to make a will. The will was made on the 14th day of November, 1874. She died in January, 1891. Upon the trial of the case to the jury the appellant offered evidence tending to show that the testatrix had a severe sickness in the spring of 1874, that at about that time her husband died, and that thereafter she was broken down mentally and physically; that her mental unsoundness was indicated by her appearance and manner; that she…
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