3 Mass. 330 | Mass. | 1807
Other witnesses were allowed to testify to the appearance of the testator, and to any particular facts, from which the state of his mind might be inferred, but not to testify merely their opinion or judgment
Vide Chase & Al. Appellants, vs. Lincoln, ante, page 236.
[Vide Dickinson vs. Barber, 9 Mass. 227.—Needham vs. Ide, 5 Pick 510.—No such distinction can reasonably be made between the subscribing witnesses, and any othei witnesses who may happen to be present. The latter are more likely to be free from bias, which naturally will influence the former to support their attestation. There are many cases, where the opinion of witnesses is the best evidence, of which the nature