 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1867 - 662 σελίδες
...precedent. The statute requires that the will shall " be in writing and signed by the testator," and shall be " attested and subscribed, in the presence of the testator, by three or more competent witnesses." He is not required to write his signature in their presence, but... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1868 - 624 σελίδες
...said : " The statute requires that the will shall ' be in writing and signed by the testator,' and shall be 'attested and subscribed, in the presence of the testator, by three or more competent witnesses.' He is not required to write his signature in their presence, but... | |
 | Ransom Hebbard Tyler - 1870 - 982 σελίδες
...writing, and signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, by his express directions, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more credible witnesses, or the same shall be void. The will is exhibited for probate before the register... | |
 | Charles Richards Brown - 1871 - 426 σελίδες
...That it was signed by him or by some one in his presence and by his express direction. 4. That it was attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses. In the first instance it devolves upon the proponents of the will to establish all these facts prima... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1871 - 818 σελίδες
...et al., vs. Huff. same, and by some other person in his presence, and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator, by three or more competent witnesses. By the Act of 1752, (see 25th, George th« II.,) being an Act for... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1873 - 622 σελίδες
...the will, inasmuch as the statute requires two or more to attest it. The statute requires a will to be attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses, but it does not require that the witnesses shall subscribe in the presence of each other. 2 G. & H.... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1874 - 776 σελίδες
...nsylvania,- whereas when the will now under consideration was executed, a will was of no validity unless attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more Carey v. Baughn. competent witnesses. Eev. Stat. of 1849, p. 667, § 5. Besides, this opinion recognizes... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1875 - 866 σελίδες
...Pennsylvania, whereas when the will now under consideration was executed, a will was of no validity unless attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses. Rev. Stat. of 1849, p. 667, § 5. Besides, this opinion recognizes the doctrine that the same solemnities... | |
 | 1877 - 510 σελίδες
...WILL. Execution of. — Under our statute, which requires that a will (not nuncupative), to be valid, " shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of...the testator, by two or more competent witnesses," no subscription to a will by a witness is valid unless made where the testator (if he so desires, and... | |
 | 1878 - 442 σελίδες
...writing, and signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator, by two or more competent witnesses. " E. Stat. chap. 97, § 5. The question presented by the appeal is, did Watson subscribe the instrument... | |
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... be in writing, and signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses... 
