In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Wood

Joseph F. Wood, a resident of Albany, N. Y., was admitted to the Veterans’ Hospital in the Bronx on September 1, 1936. He died in that institution on December thirteenth of the same year, at the age of about sixty years. It is not disputed that he was incompetent at the time of his death. He was then the owner of personal property of the value of about $13,000. A sister, the contestant in this proceeding, also a resident of Albany, is his sole distributee. Apparently she is without means and is employed as a charwoman at a local hospital.

Decedent left a will executed on January 9, 1936, while…