Turner v. Turner

Opinion of the Court.

Thomas Turner, on the 12th of October, in the year 1811, made his will. In 1814, there being some opinion entertained by his relatives and family, that he was incapable, through age and infirmity, to manage his estate, he conveyed it to two of his relatives, in trust, for his own use during life, and afterwards to be distributed agreeably to the will aforesaid. On the 18th of May 1815, an additional memorandum was written on the will, stating that some of the subscribing witnesses lived out of the state, and declaring that he re-acknowledged it. This memorandum was…