Reding v. Eaton

SHANNON, Justice.

This will contest was tried before the county court of Travis County. Judgment was entered denying the will to probate upon the basis that the deceased lacked testamentary capacity. We will affirm that judgment.

The will in question was signed by the deceased, Alfred Wesley Eaton, on May 21, 1975. He died on November 8, 1975. At the time of his death Eaton was not married. By a previous marriage the deceased had two daughters, Laura L. Reding, appellant, and, Sharon Louise Eaton, appellee.

In the instrument offered for probate the deceased devised most of his property to Laura…