In re the last Will & Testament of Chapman
In re the last Will & Testament of Chapman
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court:
The practice of removing causes by appeal, for a second trial, is created by statutory provision. Where an opportunity for a full, trial has been had, an appeal for a second one ought not to be allowed, unless it is required by the plain tenor and terms of the law, giving such appeal. 3 Ohio, 277. Section 22 of the statute relating to wills gives an appeal “from the decision, of the court of common pleas, when any will, or other matter relating thereto, shall have leen contested.” In this same statute, provision is made for contesting, by bill in chancery, the validity of a will when once admitted to probate. In admitting a will to-probate, the court pronounce a final decision. But this is to be avoided by a process different from an appeal. An application to-prove a will, though rejected, may be made again, upon fuller proof. The rejection extinguishes no right, and binds nobody, for there are no proper parties before the court to be concluded. But-when a will is declared established, and ordered'to be recorded, it binds everybody until set aside. It must then be contested in th&
Such has been the uniform practice throughout the state, as far as can be now ascertained, by recollection and inquiry. We have no instance in which such an appeal has been taken and acted upon. The practice on a point like this is regarded as full evidence of the law.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- In the Matter of the last Will and Testament of Anthony Chapman
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- Published