In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Rogers

Church, S.

The probate of the instrument offered is resisted on the ground that the deceased, at the time of its execution, did not possess sufficient competency to execute a will, and also that the alleged will was not executed in conformity with the provisions of the statute.

The will in question is the work of one Latto, who is not an attorney, but who evidently assumes to possess some legal knowledge. On the 25th of July, 1906, he claims to have received instructions from the deceased to prepare the will, which by its terms gave everything to his wife. It is in Latto’s handwriting and was…