The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-04

bate in common form, as he, alleging that
he is the sole heir at law, wishes to caveat
it, the executors filed an answer, stating
that if he is. as he claims, the sole heir
at law Of Mrs. Parsons, there is no rea-
son to prevent the proof of the will in
solemn form.
The executors. however, deny in their
answer that he is her sole heir at law
and they do not admit that he was ever
lawfully married to her. They state she
had a son living a few years ago whose
whereabouts. if he is still alive, are I'M
known, and they asked that an order be
passed so as to notify by publication all
of the neirs at law of Mrs. Parsons that
the will is TO come up for probate IN
common form,
The only ground on which Mr. Richards
objected to the petition was that DR.. Par
sons was not an heir at law to the es-
tate. He was mentioned as her husband
and as an heir in her viii, however, and
Judge Ferrill, taking the will as the best
evidence at hand, was of the opinion that
the order should be granted. The execu-
tors then consented to have the will
brought up for probate in solemn form,
and asked that the order be taken as in
dicated. Then Mr.. Wright filed DR.. Par
sons caveat to the probate in solemn
form Of the will
DR.. Parsons claims, first, that the paper
under which the executors are acting is
not Mrs Parsons last will and tesla
ment; that il was executed under a mis-
take of fact, as to the conduct of the ca
veator, who IS her sole heir at law; that
IL was not executed according to rne
forms and requirements of law; that il
was procured to be executed by the use
of undue influence; that Il was procured
to be made by misrepresentation and
fraud and to the injury of the caveator;
that II is not the expression of the wishes
of the deceased as to the disposition of
her property; that she was not Of sound
and disposing mind and memory at The
time the paper was signed nor at the
time of her death; that she was mono-
mamie and that the alleged writing Is che
result of the monomania connected there
with, and at the time OF executing the
paper, as well as at the time OF her death,
she was under the dominion and inhu-
ence Of an insane delusion.
These are the grounds, so far as have
come 70 light In court, upon which Dr.
Parsons will make his contest. Judge Fer.
ril has granted an order notifying an OF
the heirs at law, those known being Mrs
Charles W. Bartlett and Mrs. David Web
ster OF New York, DR.. S. c. Parsons OF
Savannah, Miss Elizabeth Katherine Mas
OF San Francisco, Cal, and Harold II
Alden, whose whereabouts are unknown.
OF the fact that the will Is TO be called up
for probate In solemn form on Monday
May, 3, at 10 o'clock. The notice Is also
directed 20 any other persons who NAV
claim to be heirs az law OF the deceased
Harold II. Alden is Mrs. Parsons son
who was sent out west in charge OF a
tutor, several years ago, and who has
never since been heard from. Mrs par
sons was devoted 10 her son. and not
hearing from him IN sometime. eho no
came anxious A long search. upon which
she spent a large amount OF money. was
made, and the missing son was traced a.
far as Denver. Col. where all trace OF him
was lost. Mrs Parsons had worried con.
siderably since that time over the loss OF
her boy, and up to the time Of her death
she never received a word Of Information