In Re Estate of Ensminger

The ease before us presents the usual aspects of a will contest. The record is long and the exhibits numerous. As is to be expected, the witnesses differ widely. Some pictured the testator as a capable, self-reliant, self-sufficient businessman fully competent to manage his affairs, and impervious always to importunity or any other external influence.

On the other hand, he was said to be suffering from senile dementia at the time the will was made, advanced arteriosclerosis affecting heart and brain, progressively growing worse. There was testimony that he was filthy in habit, going to bed…