Rand v. Thweatt

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

The facts in this case are stipulated. Rosa L. Rand De Mers was the widow of J. C. Rand and bad been married to A. N. De Mers for several years in May, 1946, when sbe executed ber will. Sbe became incompetent in December, 1946, and died January 29, 1953, leaving an estate valued at $278,000.

In the first paragraph of the preamble to her will, testatrix relates how the estate had been acquired by the hard work and frugality of her first husband and her own labor and sacrifice after his death. In the second paragraph, testatrix gave her reasons for the small bequest to…