Williams v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an appeal from the decree of tbe probate court, for the district of Manchester, allowing and establishing an instrument presented for that purpose, as the last will and testament of png John Robinson, late of Winhall, in said district, deceased.
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This was an appeal from the decree of tbe probate court, for the district of Manchester, allowing and establishing an instrument presented for that purpose, as the last will and testament of png John Robinson, late of Winhall, in said district, deceased. Upon, the entry of the appeal in the county court, the contestant filed pleas alleging that, at the time of the making of- said instrument, said John was not of sound mind, and that the.proponent, by undue influence, procured said John to make said instrument. These pleas were traversed, and issues of fact joined thereon, which were tried by…
1Opinion of the Court
Heard at the February term, 1869.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, C. J.
This case was taken into the county court by appeal from a decree of the probate court for the district of Manchester, allowing and establishing an instrument presented as the last will and testament of one John Robinson deceased. Upon the trial in the county court, the principal point in controversy was as to the mental capacity of the said John Robinson to make a will, at the time when the instrument was executed.
The contestant in his plea alleges that the said instrument ought not to be allowed and…
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