2.
Cancelling a will, animo revocandi, is a revocation of it, and it is
unnecessary to show a complete destruction or obliteration. 2 B. &
B. 650; 3 B. & A. 489; 2 Bl. R. 1043; 2 Nott & M'Cord, 272;
Whart. Dig. Wills, c.; 4 Mass. 462. When a duplicate has been cancelled,
animo revocandi, it is the cancellation of both parts. 2 Lee, Ecc. R.
532.
3.
But the mere act of cancelling a will is nothing, unless it be done
animo revocandi, and evidence is admissible to show, quo animo, the
testator cancelled it., 7 Johns. 394 2 Dall. 266; S. C. 2 Yeates, 170; 4
Serg. & Rawle, 297; cited 2 Dall. 267, n.; 3 Hen. & Munf. 502;
Rob. on Wills, 365; Lovel, 178; Toll. on Ex'rs, Index, h. t.; 3 Stark.
Ev. 1714; 1 Adams' Rep. 529 Mass. 307; 5 Conn. 262; 4 Wend. 474; 4 Wend.
585; 1 Harr. & M'H. 162; 4 Conn. 550; 8 Verm. 373; 1 N. H. Rep. 1; 4
N. H. Rep. 191; 2 Eccl. Rep. 23.
4.
As to the effect of cancelling a deed, which has not been recorded, see
1 Adams' Rep. 1; Palm. 403; Latch. 226; Gilb. Law, Ev. 109, 110; 2 H .
Bl. 263: 2 Johns. 87 1 Greenl. R. 78; 10 Mass. 403; 9 Pick. 105; 4 N. H.
Rep. 191; Greenl. Ev. 265; 5 Conn. 262; 4 Conn. 450; 5 Conn. 86; 2
John. R. 84; 4 Yerg. 375; 6 Mass. 24; 11 Mass. 337; 2 Curt. Ecc. R. 458.
5.
As to when a court of equity will order an agreement or other
instrument to be cancelled and delivered up, see 4 Bouv. Inst. n.
3917-22.
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