Frear v. Williams

This is an issue made up in the Circuit Court of Fayette county, to try the question whether a paper propounded as the will of J. T. Williams was his will or not? The paper was propounded by J. A. Williams, named as executor, and its validity, as the will of J. T. Williams, was contested by E. H. Frear and Rebecca Polk, his nephew and niece. The paper was set up as the will of the testator by the verdict of the jury, and the judgment of the court, and it is here by appeal by the contestants.

The validity of the paper as a will to convey lands was contested on these grounds: First, because…