Crean v. Hourigan

That which purported to be the nuncupative will of Margaret Hourigan, deceased, and to bequeath her property to her brother, Maurice Crean, was admitted to probate in the,county court of Alexander county. Michael Hourigan, husband of the deceased, appealed to the circuit court from the order admitting said will to probate. In the latter court a jury was waived and the issue submitted to the court, and the court found that the said alleged nuncupative will was not a valid will, and adjudged that it should not be admitted to probate. From the judgment so rendered Crean appealed to the Appellate…