Can we
dispute this document?
"I doubt the possibility of disputing the new Will on the face of it.
It is no doubt irregularly expressed; but it is dated, signed,
and witnessed as the law directs; and the perfectly simple and
straightforward provisions that it contains are in no respect, that I
can see, technically open to attack.
"This being the case, can we dispute the Will on the ground that it has
been executed when the Testator was not in a fit state to dispose of his
own property? or when the Testator was subjected to undue and improper
influence?
"In the first of these cases, the medical evidence would put an obstacle
in our way. We cannot assert that previous illness had weakened the
Testator's mind. It is clear that he died suddenly, as the doctors had
all along declared he would die, of disease of the heart. He was out
walking in his garden, as usual, on the day of his death; he ate a
hearty dinner; none of the persons in his service noticed any change in
him; he was a little more irritable with them than usual, but that was
all. It is impossible to attack the state of his faculties: there is no
case to go into court with, so far.
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