Thompson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by respondent. This is an appeal to the Supreme Court of Probate from decree of probate court of Waldo county, whereby the will of Henrietta T. Nickels of Searsport, dated November 9, 1911, was allowed and admitted to probate. From this order, the appellant appealed and also had various exceptions to the refusal of court to rule as requested. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
Appeal from decree allowing the will of Henrietta T. Nickels. The case comes up on the appellant’s exceptions to rulings in the Supreme Court of Probate.
The will in question was executed by Mrs. Nickels in due form on November 9, 1911. Subsequently, in November, 1913, she caused another will to be drafted, which changed in some particulars the 1911 will. This will she signed. But after her death a few months later it was discovered that the 1913 will was attested by only two subscribing witnesses, and was therefore invalid as a will. R. S., Chap. 76, Sect. 1. The 1911 will could not be found,…
2Cited by10 opinions
- In Re Will of EdwardsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1965
- In Re Kerckhof's EstateWashington Supreme Court · 1942
- St. Clair v. Estate of EdwardsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1965
- KimballSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1946
- Henry v. FraserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1928
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