U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island June 15, 1812 (Smith v. Fenner)

BY THE COURT.

The declarations of the testator, made before and at the execution of the will, are admissible in evidence, to prove the point. And so declarations made after the execution of the will, if so near the time of the execution, as to be considered a part of the res gestae or necessarily connected with it. See Richards v. Dutch, 8 Mass. 507.