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Excerpt from Illustrative Cases on the Law of Wills Two cases, -one a bill in equity, under Gen. Laws, c. 209, 2, for discovery with reference to and restoration of a municipal bond for alleged to belong to said estate, and to be unlawfully withheld from the plaintiff by the defendant; the other an action of assumpsit to recover $280 claimed to belong to said estate, and to be in the posses sion of the defendant. Facts found by the court: The intestate, William Emery, died at Montpelier, Vermont, June 11, 1882, 'while temporarily there. His domicile at that time, and during his whole life, was at Loudon, in this state. The defendant's domi cile is now, was at that time, and for many years has been, at said Loudon. For several months before his death William was sick, and on the twenty-first day of May, being then temporarily at Montpelier, he delivered to the defendant, as a donatio causa mortis, the bond above mentioned; and on the twenty-seventh day Of May he delivered to her, as gifts to sundry persons, then and now residing in Loudon, the sum of $280, to be by her delivered to them, at Loudon, after his decease and immediately after his death, but before suit was brought, she paid this money to the parties, as directed. No one was present when William delivered the bond and money to the defendant, and she Offered no evidence to prove the same, except her Own testimony, and a memorandum in writing, signed by William, (which is referred to in the opinion.) This evidence the plaintiff claims is incompetent and insufficient. NO attempt was made to prove the gifts in accordance with Gen. Laws, c. 193, 17. The questions arising upon the foregoing facts are reserved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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