Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1885 — A Will Question. [ARTICLE]

A Will Question.

A will case involving a law question of some magnitude has recently arisen in a town near Augusta, Me. A person worth a property of some SIO,OOO died, and in his will he bequeathed the entire amount to the town. -Three citizens of the town were witnesses to the testament. The will was admitted to probate about a year ago. Now tbe law says that beneficiaries of a will shall not be witnesses of such document. It is held that the witnesses of the above-mentioned will, being inhabitants of the town which receives the benefit, are such beneficiaries, and on this ground the direct heir of the testator will bring an action to break the will.