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given during the trial, both were called into Col. Holmes’ room by Dr. Nielson and asked by Holmes to witness the signing of a document.
Konick cited the case of Chapel v. Trent, "old but certainly not outdated," in which a Dr. Nelson was called to his elderly patient’s death bed to make a will. Mr. Chapel, described in court papers as “a very peculiar man...close and stingy to a degree approaching miserly meaness" who lived and died a bachelor, had expressed a desire to leave some property to his farm overseers, the Trents, Konick said. Dr. Nielson came to Chapel's bedside and suggested he would write (he will for Mr. Chapel. The will, read to the old man in the presence of witnesses who stood at the end of the bed. left the entire estate to the Trents, the lawyer said. During the reading. Chapel nodded at several points and even questioned Nielson whether he would benefit. The doctor replied that no. just the Trents, were beneficiaries and signed the will on Mr. Chapel's behalf, said Konick.
A jury upheld the will initially but on appeal to the Supreme Court, the decision was reversed, Konick noted. The Virginia Justices found that since Chapel had acted in haste without an opportunity for the calm reflection called for by an act of such importance, the
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