In Re the Will of Taylor

Mrs. Florence Smith, a sister of Briscoe Taylor, testified that for three weeks before her brother entered the Veterans’ Hospital she cared for him at his home from early morning until about 6:00 or 7:00 in the evening, then her niece, Mae Erwin, took over.

This witness further testified: “Based upon my conversations and my observations, I have an opinion satisfactory tp myself as to whether Briscoe Taylor on October 19th to October 26th, 1961, possessed sufficient mental capacity to know what property he had, who his relatives were, what claims they had upon him, and whether he was capable of…