Crenshaw v. . Johnson

The will of the decedent John Johnson was proved in common form, and upon a caveat being filed the issue joined thereby was sent up by the clerk to the next term of the Superior Court for trial. The caveators 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 by his wife, the sole devisee and legatee. The first exception of the caveators was to the ruling of his Honor, that it was not…