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Chenoweth v. Cary

Supreme Court of Ohio
Nov 15, 1939
23 N.E.2d 949 (Ohio 1939)

Opinion

No. 27756

Decided November 15, 1939.

Supreme Court — Dismissal — No debatable constitutional question involved — Wills — Probate of copy — Contest — Evidence — Admissibility of testator's statements as to intention to revoke — Appellate court considered testimony not submitted to jury in trial court — Section 16, Article I, Constitution — Articles V and XIV, Amendments to U.S. Constitution.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals of Madison county.

Messrs. Crabbe Tootle, for appellee.

Mr. Ralph G. Martin and Mr. Robert E. Gibbs, for appellants.


It is ordered and adjudged that said appeal as of right be, and the same hereby is, dismissed for the reason no debatable constitutional question is involved in said cause.

Appeal dismissed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., DAY, ZIMMERMAN, WILLIAMS, MYERS, MATTHIAS and HART, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Chenoweth v. Cary

Supreme Court of Ohio
Nov 15, 1939
23 N.E.2d 949 (Ohio 1939)
Case details for

Chenoweth v. Cary

Case Details

Full title:CHENOWETH, APPELLEE v. CARY, ADMR., ET AL., APPELLANTS, ET AL

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Nov 15, 1939

Citations

23 N.E.2d 949 (Ohio 1939)
23 N.E.2d 949

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