In re the Estate of Lasher

Foley, S.

In this contested probate proceeding, tried by the surrogate without a jury, the grounds of attack upon the validity of the alleged will were defective execution, lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence. The will bequeathed the entire estate to a cousin of the testator, Harrison Rockefeller, and named him as executor. The contestant is also a cousin.

The propounded paper bears the date April 24, 1937. The testator died about two months later on June 22, 1937. His exact age is in doubt. The death certificate sets forth that he was seventy-six years old. On the other hand, he…