Walker v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Georgia
Caveat on appeal, in Jasper Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hardeman, April Term, 1856. This was a caveat filed to a pape^propounded as the will of J. Monroe Johnson, deceased, on the grounds, among others— 1st. Incompetency. 2d. Undue influence. ' 3d. Fraud. 4th. That the will was not completed.
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Caveat on appeal, in Jasper Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hardeman, April Term, 1856. This was a caveat filed to a pape^propounded as the will of J. Monroe Johnson, deceased, on the grounds, among others— 1st. Incompetency. 2d. Undue influence. ' 3d. Fraud. 4th. That the will was not completed. The following is a brief of the evidence submitted: Propounder proved by Isaac Langston (scrivener) signing and competency of testator, date of will, and that testator was 18 years old, and had been going to school at Cave Spring, and was on a visit to Thomas K. Slaughter, his uncle, when will was…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Benning, J.
delivering the opinion.
Among the grounds of caveat to the will in this case were' *24these: that Thomas K. Slaughter, a chief legatee, procured the execution of the will by the use of fraud,- of violence, and of undue influence towards the testator. Inone of the specifications it is said “ that said Thomas E. Slaughter, by violent and lawless conduct, for a long time before said will was executed, and always afterwards, had and exercised control over the will of said James M. Johnson, through the fears of' said James M. Johnson, that said Thomas E. would do or cause to be…
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