Guerin v. Hunt
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Charleston, August, 1920. Proceeding by J. A. Guerin, as petitioner, against Reta Baring Hunt and Florence Goodrich Hunt to prove the will of A. Morton Hunt- in solemn form.
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Before Townsend, J., Charleston, August, 1920. Proceeding by J. A. Guerin, as petitioner, against Reta Baring Hunt and Florence Goodrich Hunt to prove the will of A. Morton Hunt- in solemn form. From a decree admitting said will with alterations to probate Florence G. Hunt appeals. cites: Presumption being that alterations were made after execution, burden of proof was not shifted by slight affirmative evidence: 86 VS. G, 477; 40 Cyc., 1275; 17 E. R. A. (N. S.), 184; 61 N. Y., 903; 95 N. Y., 145. Where blanks a/re. left for names and amounts presumption does not apply: 13 N. Y. St., 183.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Acting Associate Justice E. Marion Rucker.
A. Morton Hunt died in the City .of Charleston, on the 1st day of October, 19Í8, leaving an estate valued at three-quarters of a million dollars, and his will was admitted to probate in common form in Charlestoñ County oh the 7th day of August, 1919. Application was made to have the will proved in solemn form, and on the 15th day of October, 1919, J. A. Guerin, the respondent herein, was -ordered to prefer the usual petition, which was done. Mr. Hunt left surviving him his widow, Reta Baring Hunt, and his…
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