Carpenter v. Carpenter

This casé was heard on proponent’s exceptions to the action of the trial court denying a motion for a new trial after a general verdict that a certain document offered as the last will of Wanton R. Carpenter, who died July 14, 1923, was not his will. An exception to the admission of certain testimony also was pressed.

The instrument was attacked on the ground of improper execution, lack of testamentary capacity and undue in fluence by testator’s son Arthur. The first of these grounds was the "heart” of the case, as stated by the trial justice in his charge.

The evidence was in sharp conflict as…