Farris v. Burchard’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. ““Whether the parties interested could now present the will for probate, or whether the record is in such a condition as would entitle them now to a judgment mmc pro tunc, we express no opinion, because there is no such case before us; hut we do feel constrained to say that the proof adduced did not justify the conclusion that the will had been duly probated, and therefore did not justify the judgment that the respondents were entitled to the interest in the land-which the judgment gives them. The judgment is therefore reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Farris v. Burchard