Garbade v. Garbade

Brailsford, Justice:

This is an appeal from the trial in the Court of Common Pleas for Jasper County of the issue of will or no will with respect to a writing dated January 20, 1971, purporting to be the will of Pansie S. Garbade, who died of cancer on the third day after the execution of the paper. The question of whether Mrs. Garbade possessed testamentary capacity was submitted to the jury and answered in favor of the contestants. The proponent has appealed on the sole ground that “there was no competent evidence to show that Pansie S. Garbade lacked the mental capacity to execute a Will on…