Ex Parte McKie
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Sease, J., Edgefield, Proceedings to contest the will of Mrs. Margaret -L. McKie, in which Daniel McKie and others were proponents and Josiah McKie contestant. Decree for contestant, and proponents appeal.
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Before Sease, J., Edgefield, Proceedings to contest the will of Mrs. Margaret -L. McKie, in which Daniel McKie and others were proponents and Josiah McKie contestant. Decree for contestant, and proponents appeal. The following is the charge of the Court and the exceptions of appellant: Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen: To put you at ease along' that line, I have already made arrangements for the sheriff to get your supper for you immediately after this charge is made; and he will either bring it to you or conduct you to the hotel. You are to try this case, gentlemen, according to the law and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gage.
This cause was tried before a jury, and the issue was, will or no will. The verdict was “no will.” The will was proven in the probate Court by James and Daniel McKie, sons and executors. The probate Court sustained the will, and the trial in the Circuit Court was on appeal therefrom, was de novo, and was before a jury. Before the instant trial James had died, unmarried and intestate, we assume.
The history of the case is this:
Mrs. Margaret L. McKie, a widow some 84 years of age, lived in Edgefield county; and in the house with her there…
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