Willett v. Porter

This was a proceeding to contest and set aside the will of Isaac Willett, deceased, and the probate thereof, instituted by the appellees, who are children and grandchildren of the deceased, against the appellants, who are the widow and certain others of his grandchildren.

The widow, it is alleged, was the second wife of the deceased. The complaint is in one paragraph.

It is alleged that at the time of the marriage of the deceased to the said Selinda, his last wife, his property was worth about seventeen thousand dollars, while hers was worth about fifty or seventy-five dollars, he having the…