Thompson v. Warren

This was an application to prove a will in solemn form,, which came on to be tried on appeal in the superior court. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the caveator. The evidence was conflicting on the material issues. The propounder made a motion for a new trial, which the court overruled in an order in the' following language: “The verdict found by the jury in this case, in my opinion, is against the weight of the evidence. It is a verdict which I would not have found, or agreed to, if I had been on the jury. I think that the decided preponderance of testimony is in favor of the will.…