Shaver v. Weddington

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioneb

Affirming in part and Reversing in part.

This case presents two unrelated legal questions. One is the mental capacity of Mrs. Eliza Shaver to execute a deed to her surviving husband through an intermediary. The other is the proper construction of the will of her deceased first husband, D. C. Steele.

Mrs. Shaver and her first husband had been married a number of years, and had accumulated considerable property, comparatively speaking. He died in July, 1910. In 1916 she married the appellant, J. S. Shaver, ■who was about twenty-five years her junior.…