Crenshaw v. Johnson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Issue of devistmit vel non, tried before (Jodie, J., and a jury, at January Term, 1896, of G-eaNville Superior Court. There was a verdict for the propounders, and from the judgment thereon the caveators appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Montgomsby, -I.:
The will of the decedent, John Johnson, was proved in common form, and upon a caveat being hied the issue joined thereby was sent up by the clerk to the next term of the Superior Court for trial. The cavea-tors assigned as reasons why the alleged will was not the will of the decedent, (1) That he was not at the time of its execution of sound mind and disposing memory; (2) That he was unduly influenced in its execution by those by whom he was surrounded and especially hy his wife, the sole devisee and legatee. The first exception of the cavea-tors was to the ruling of his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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