Legal Opinion

Vaughn v. Vaughn

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 29, 1928No. 7 Div. 791PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

The question of revocation 'by destruction of a testamentary instrument is the subject of the statute, Code of 1907, •§ 6174; and recent decisions, Luther v. Luther, 211 Ala. 352, 100 So. 497; Bruce v. Sierra, 175 Ala. 517, 57 So. 709, Ann. Cas. 1914D, 125., Many questions are presented on the introduction of the evidence under the contest of the attempted probation of a copy of the will •alleged to have been lost, mislaid or destroyed.

The law presumes sanity until the contrary is shown. McLeod v. Brown, 210 Ala. 491, 98 So. 470; Stanfill v. Johnson, 159 Ala. 546, 49 So. 223; Harris v.…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Hodge v. JoySupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  2. Burney v. TorreySupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  3. Councill v. MayhewSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  4. Wear v. WearSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  5. Miller v. WhittingtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Stiles v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
  2. Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  3. Tucker v. TuckerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
  4. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States v. WelchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  5. Slagle v. HalseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944

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