All that can be truly said is, that if a person, whether attorney or not, prepares a will with a legacy to himself, it is, at most, a suspicious circumstance of more or less weight, according to the facts of each particular case... Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York - Page 14by New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Samuel Hand, Edward Jordan Dimock, Hiram Edward Sickels, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edwin Augustus Bedell, James Newton Fiero, Alvah S. Newcomb - 1867Full view - About this book
| 1839 - 860 pages
...the cause, that the true rule of law was, that "if a person, whether attorney or not, prepares a will with a legacy to himself, it is at most a suspicious...each particular case, in some of no weight at all, varying according to the circumstances — for instance, the quantum of the legacy, and the proportion... | |
| William Calverley Curteis - 1840 - 1022 pages
...would not. All that can be truly said is, that if a person, whether attorney or not, prepares a will with a legacy to himself, it is, at most, a suspicious...circumstances ; for instance, the quantum of the legacy, and the proportion it bears to the property disposed of. and numerous other contingencies : hut in... | |
| Great Britain, Great Britain. Courts - 1841 - 542 pages
...truly said is, that if a person, whether attorney or not, prepares a will with a legacy to bimself, it is, at most, a suspicious circumstance of more...circumstances; for instance, the quantum of the legacy, and the proportion it bears to the property disposed of, and numerous other contingencies: but in no... | |
| 1843 - 532 pages
...would not. All that can be truly said is, that if a person, whether attorney or not, prepares a will with a legacy to himself, it is, at most, a suspicious...circumstances ; for instance, the quantum of the legacy, and the proportion it bears to the property disposed of and numerous other contingencies : but in no... | |
| 1855 - 804 pages
...deceased. "^All that can be truly said is, that if a person, whether attorney or not, prepares a will with a legacy to himself, it is at most a suspicious...case ; in some of no weight at all, as in the case of a trifling bequest out of a large estate, but varying according to circumstances ; for instance,... | |
| Edward Vaughan Williams - 1856 - 964 pages
...would not. All that can be truly said is, that if a person, whether attorney or not, prepares a Will with a legacy to himself, it is at most a suspicious...all, as in the case suggested ; varying according to the circumstances, for instance the qiwntum of the legacy, and the proportion it bears to the property... | |
| David Thomas Marvel, John W. Houston, Samuel Maxwell Harrington, James Pennewill, William Henry Boyce, William Watson Harrington, Charles L. Terry, William J. Storey - 1866 - 668 pages
...the knowledge of its contents by the deceased. It is at best but a suspicious circumstance merely, of more or less weight, according to the facts of each particular case; but in no case amounting to more than a circumstance of suspicion demanding vigilant care and circumspection,... | |
| Austin Abbott - 1867 - 584 pages
...testator. All that can be truly said is, that if a person, whether an attorney or not, prepare a will with a legacy to himself, it is at most a suspicious circumstance of more or less weight, in some of no weight at all (1 Curteis, 637; Bulleii v. Barry, and approved in "Coffin v. Coffin, 23... | |
| Richard Thomas Walkem - 1873 - 580 pages
...would not. All that can be truly said is, that if a person, whether attorney or not, prepares a will with a legacy to himself, it is at most a suspicious...all, as in the case suggested ; varying according to the circumstances — for instance, the quantum of the legacy, and the proportion it bears to the property... | |
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