 ... 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...  Cyclopedia of Law ... - Page 121by Charles Erehart Chadman - 1912Full view - About this book
 | William Roberts - Evidence (Law) - 1807 - 522 pages
...the party devising, or by some other person in his presence, and by his express directions ; third, that it shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the devisor, by three or four credible witnesses; fourth, that the words attested and subscribed must import,... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1815 - 670 pages
...analogy to the «t»tute of frauds respecting the attestation of wills (b), where the words being, that it " shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the devisor," yet it is held that the attestation need not express that it was in the testator's presence;... | |
 | Richard Burn - Ecclesiastical law - 1824 - 626 pages
...signed by the party devising, or by some other person in his presence, and by his express directions. 3. That it shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the devisor by three or four credible witnesses. 4. That the words attested and subscribed must import... | |
 | Joseph Rockwell Swan - Constables - 1837 - 614 pages
...the same, or by some other person in the presence of the testator, by his express direction; and must be attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator, by two or more credible witnesses, who saw the testator subicribe, or heard him acknowledge the same(o). A mala under... | |
 | Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate - Legislation - 1895 - 1114 pages
...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 in the presence of each other, and if the witnesses are competent at the time of attesting the execution... | |
 | Wisconsin - Session laws - 1850 - 766 pages
...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, and if the witnesses are competent at the time of attesting ihe execution of the will, their subsequent... | |
 | Delos White Beadle - Commercial law - 1851 - 370 pages
...signed by the testator or 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 witnesses. ALABAMA. Constitution adopted, 1819.— Square Miles, 50,722. — Population... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 816 pages
...statute were not complied with in the witnessing of this will. The statute provides (How. Stat. § 5789) that three things are requisite to the validity...more competent witnesses. The will was drawn by James 'Poland, supervisor of the township of Byron, Kent county, who lived only a few rods from Mrs. Page,... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 806 pages
...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." The authorities are not in harmony upon the question here presented. This court has never passed upon it.... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 794 pages
...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." 3 Comp. Laws, § 9266 (4 How. Stat. [2d Ed.], § 10979). This makes imperative three things : The will... | |
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