, 1869-01-13
CURIOUS WILL CASE,
a Will Sought to be Broken ON the
Gftu. ID ahaE IL Wan Dictated bY. 4
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Gfuu.d anas IL was Dictated bY, \
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Correspondence OF the Lewiston {Mc.) Joasn.l.
BAEH. Ms. Monday. Dec Is, 1858.
The long case Of Mariana Robinson, appel.
1Ant from decree ot Judge of Probate ". Ad-
ans ct a., e1ecntors. came to an erd Just In
season for court. 1uFJ and counsel to enjoy
eAcitcd lore interest here than any Que sinsa
thut ol tho Bowdotnhsm Bank s0bocrs. 1t
grew out OF an effort on The part OF an only
daughter to set aside the viii ct her mother,
allowing her during life $50 gear, mud, the
hessclf an ou,T daughter, hss ID only
daughter so1ue ten years Of age. The este9 !.
was Eone sl9, 90 or ssU,OQ0, and in a etr,2 n
contingency Is to 60 to collateral heirs. u 1e
est ate sas tied up With the avoWed pury re
Of Keeping It entirely out of the hap1s.ot III
n,ututr had tmbibcd feelings Of dislike, 'ne
The appellant sought IL set asita.t!H viii,
on the lrountt, hrst, Improper ieausp r. ot
to be dictated by the sp1,t Of daoeas ed 1'. bu..
baud ttifd, that. spifitualts1n had uecomc
an insaue dc1usion aud, fourth, u n, ,c4ta-
tor vas under. M ins,ne d+lusion:ts regard to
The character Of Mr. kobin&orA r pe:c points
we're 81 p5sss nssd wnh gtc4;S Al Of eusr.
In behalf Of the appellant. HI dwe,t most
With her, an lnsanc delusco.
IT. at!esr., ;.4!s !ef e.esa! ,;t1. in, eontenaed
.wiIls showed thr4 she snS :rta,ued lie sole
pusporo to exclude Rotinx 5n:ffom any posss.
ble heueats Of her PropM ty befsre she en-
bEaeed tpir,tuailsn. Ths' Tut slight changcs
ptrr made IN nes M 1nss ~ ~ Il after she embraced
ssne aassaasa%oss % p,lasp1Iy. sI1s. k,a T. sns
son that sue con7us ed her Deceased bus
band " reference eo the viii after she had
made i, nod rot ~ 4orc; that Ro01ns6a had
oecn unklna 70 ~ ,strsI. and that her feel.
delrslye. -
Kent. ..J.t iastT acted the ]ury-That n. \
Ec'4esa! Hue n0 al out Of debt mag sell his
gsopeTt5 OF 81 9 II away, 80 IN prospect Of
nea.n w. ne :. nax ~ dispose o. BY VII 1hcTe i
tsktatoe = nst be Of sound mind, not uece1-
eaFiay Of - Ugh degree Of iatellect.: insanity
1solos iu-that Insanity which breaks
ao"n As nc powers Of the mind Of an iasaoe
aeluas eaa- What Is ~ Insane delusian-uot 3
| eased ~ ate of the mind which believes thugs
mat u not exist, With persuasion SO h1ed
tn4t neither evidence nor argument can
eoaf iAce. to tho contrary What i
90 m. For i1tanee, a man beiie1es
| ne Is made Of glass, and takes good
[ care not TO break h!a legs. ,Heru his deluston
J In the fact, aud not in the reasoniug powers.
| dEH1H% G&IU41QQ tQe tE@1aQu0[. u uAH
| belIeves as fact in the second coming Of
Christ, not necessarily delnsi3n BY dHell-
icg on It he be1ieses That be Is Christ, and has
cone claiming to De Christ. Here the fea.
soning Is At fan1t.' Speculative beliefs In the
oIoeJ, which ne may consider unreasonable
or absurd are not insane .delnsions. Eccen-
tticny Il not insanity. Eccentric people arc
/ conscious Of the queer things they sAy and
do. "A person abont to make VIII may
take advitr. The influence to be undue, so
az to avoid s will, must be such. and so ex-
ercised as in eject to destroy the freedom
of the testatoIs will. 30 as 10 render his
act more the offspring OF another's will
than his Own. This same rule applies Vhesh-
er the Influences Is e1erted By personal pres
cuce or By letter from distance, and the
rule Is Tho same whether the litter comes
from husband IN an absent country, or what
Is the same thug, i she believes she receives
| q communication from the spi1it world. lfshn
| yields her oEn with Judgment aud. free agen-
CT, it would not be her viii II she did not
abandon them to the supposed wishes OF hcr
husband, but Feceirtd It as adyict, then 1t
Would be her own will. The same rule ap'
plies to spiritual communications on: this
point, It believed. as to advice from living
perEon.
The jury, BY tha!r verdict, after being out
all night. sustained tho Will. CAso goes to
Law court on u4otsoa to set ssidc as agatns'
cTldeucc.