New York Court of Appeals

In the Matter of Proving the Will of Jennie H. Heaton, Deceased. Jacob H. Cropley, as Executor, Appellant; Charles…

May 28, 1918224 N.Y. 22

Summary

The Court held that the evidence presented was insufficient to show that the testatrix was of unsound mind at the time she executed her will; habitual intoxication and delusions alone do not constitute testamentary incapacity, and therefore the lower courts' denial of probate was reversed and the matter remanded for rehearing.