 | John Hutton Balfour Browne - 1880 - 722 σελίδες
...Redfield, after quoting the words of Chancellor Waiworth, who said : "No person is justified in putting his name as a subscribing witness to a will unless he knows from the testor himself that he understands what he is doing. The witness should also be satisfied from his... | |
 | Francis Wharton, Moreton Stillé - 1882 - 832 σελίδες
...541 ; Ames' Will, 51 Iowa, 596. See Shakespeare v. Markham,72 NY 400. No person ought to subscribe as witness to a will unless he knows from the testator himself that he understands what he is doing. Scribner v. Crane, 2 Paige, 147, Walworth, C. A will has been set aside in submission to the opinions... | |
 | Ontario. Court of Appeal, James Stewart Tupper, Richard Scougall Cassels - 1884 - 682 σελίδες
...same view is enforced by Chancellor Walworth, who declared that no person is justified in putting his name as a subscribing witness to a will unless he...testator himself that he understands what he is doing. * * By putting his name the witness, in effect, certifies to his knowledge of the mental capacity of... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1890 - 1142 σελίδες
...Chancellor Walworth in Scribner v. Crane, 2 Page's K. 147, that "no person is justified in putting his name as a subscribing witness to a will unless he...The witness should also be satisfied, from his own Opinion. knowledge of the state of the testator's mental capacity, that he is of sound and disposing... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - 1893 - 950 σελίδες
...says Chancellor WALWORTH on this point, in clear and emphatic language, is justified in putting his name as a subscribing witness to a will unless he...witness, in effect, certifies to his knowledge of tke mental capacity of the testator, and that the will was executed by him freely and nnderstandingly,... | |
 | 1894 - 1096 σελίδες
...reason to believe he has not a sane and disposing mind, and that no person is justified in putting his name as a subscribing witness to a will unless he...testator himself that he understands what he is doing. 7. In a contest over a will, the deceased's name was signed to the paper in question by Dr. N.. his... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1895 - 1080 σελίδες
...2 Paige, 147, 149, is well worthy of regard and remembrance: 'No person is justified in putting his name, as a subscribing witness to a will, unless he...the witness, in effect, certifies to his knowledge Opinion. Opinion. of the mental capacity of the testator, and that the will was executed by him freely... | |
 | 1903 - 952 σελίδες
...reason to believe he has not a sane and disposing mind, and that no person Is justified iu putting his name as a subscribing witness to a will unless he...testator himself that he understands what he is doing. Chappell v. Trent. 90 Va. 849, 19 SE Rep. 314. It is not necessary for proponents to prove that the... | |
 | Hugh Emmett Culbertson - 1913 - 338 σελίδες
...or he may sign by his mark. A physician or any other person is not justified in putting his name as subscribing witness to a will unless he knows from...be satisfied from his own knowledge of the state of testator's mental capacity that he is of sound and disposing mind and memory. By placing his name to... | |
 | 1894 - 1054 σελίδες
...mind, and that no person is justified in putting his name as a subscribing witness to a will unlesa he knows from the testator himself that he understands •what he is doing. 7. In a contest over a will, the deceased's name was signed to the paper in question by Dr. N.. his... | |
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No person is justified in putting his name as a subscribing witness to a will unless he knows from the testator himself that he understands what he is doing. The witness should also be satisfied, from his own knowledge of the state of the testator's mental... 
