[Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) by William Henry Hurlbert]@TWC D-Link bookIreland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) CHAPTER XV 48/53
Father M'Garvey, who died in March last, left by this will to religious and charitable uses the whole of his property, save L800 bequeathed in it to his niece, Mrs.O'Connor. It was found that he died possessed not only of a farm at Ardara, but of cash on deposit in the Northern Bank to the very respectable amount of L23,711.
Mrs.O'Connor contested the will.
The Archbishop of Armagh, and Father Sheridan, C.C.of Letterkenny, instituted an action against her to establish the will.
Father M'Fadden of Gweedore, lying in Londonderry jail as a first-class misdemeanant, was brought from Londonderry as a witness for the niece.
But on the trial of the case it appeared that there was actually no evidence to sustain the plea of the niece that "undue influence" had been exerted upon her uncle by the Archbishop, who at the time of the making of the will was Bishop of Raphoe, or by anybody else; so the judge instructed the jury to find on all the issues for the plaintiffs, which was done.
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