 ... by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same.  Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan - Page 22by Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, James M. Reasoner, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, Richard W. Cooper - 1910Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Harttree Cornish - Common law - 1843 - 334 pages
...NEW LAW OF WILLS. — Every will, whether of real or personal property, must be in writing, and be signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his direction. The signature by the testator must be made, or at least acknowledged, by him in the... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Ecclesiastical law - 1843 - 662 pages
...hereinbefore required to be executed ; or by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same, by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same." It is requires an in- quite clear from these... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 564 pages
...&c.," which does not apply to this case; "or by the burning, tearing, or other wise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his direction, and with the intention of revoking the, same."; .It was unnecessary to enter into the... | |
 | Rhode Island - Law - 1844 - 612 pages
...lands, tenements or hereditaments, shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the same, or by some person in his presence and by his express direction ; and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the devisor, by three or more witnesses, or else... | |
 | Thomas Jarman - Wills - 1844 - 820 pages
...hereinbefore required to be executed, or by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same, by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same. OBLITERATIONS AND INTERLINEATIONS. XXI. And... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery - Equity - 1844 - 732 pages
...revocation by some writing duly executed as a will, burning, tearing or otherwise destroying the will by the testator or by some person in his presence and by his direction with the intention of revoking the same (b) ; but none of those acts was done in this... | |
 | Joshua Williams - Real property - 1845 - 458 pages
...(x). A will may also be revoked by burning, tearing, or By burning, &c. otherwise destroying the same, by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same (y). But the recent act enacts (2), that, np.... | |
 | John Adams - Ejectment - 1846 - 458 pages
...freehold interests should be in writing, " signed by the party so devising the same, or by some other person in his presence, and by his express direction,...and attested and subscribed in the presence of the devisor, by three or four credible witnesses," whilst bequests of personalty were regulated by the... | |
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