COPYRIGHT 1876,
BY
JOHN PROFFATT.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| Introduction | [9] | |
| [CHAPTER I.] | ||
| Origin and History of Wills | [29] | |
| [CHAPTER II.] | ||
| Form and Requisites of Wills | [41] | |
| Section 1. | Nuncupative Wills. | |
| 2. | Written Wills. | |
| [CHAPTER III.] | ||
| Testamentary Capacity | [68] | |
| Section 1. | Incapacity as to Age. | |
| 2. | Physical or Mental Incapacity. | |
| 3. | Senile Dementia. | |
| 4. | Coverture. | |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | ||
| Legacies | [93] | |
| Section 1. | As to their Quality. | |
| 2. | Legacies Vested or Contingent. | |
| 3. | Conditional Legacies. | |
| 4. | Payment of Legacies. | |
| 5. | The Person who may take. | |
| [CHAPTER V.] | ||
| Limits to Testamentary Disposition | [130] | |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | ||
| Revocation of Wills | [152] | |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | ||
| Wills as Affected by Domicile | [173] | |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | ||
| Construction of Wills | [185] | |
PREFACE.
It is far from the thoughts of the publishers or the author of this book to provide a work merely for entertainment; it is hoped the title will not mislead so as to suggest this idea.
While it is sought to make it entertaining and the style animated, in the selection of such apt and striking cases as will illustrate and expound the principles and rules of law relating to wills, the main idea has been to make it useful and reliable as a systematic, clear, and concise summary for the student and lawyer, and interesting to all classes of readers.