Smoot v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Presiding Justice.
1. Tbe exception is to a judgment refusing a motion for a new trial complaining of the verdict sustaining a caveat to an alleged will offered for probate in solemn form.
2. What is mental capacity to make a will is a question of law. On the trial of an issue of dovisavit vel- non, whether the alleged testatrix had mental capacity to make a will at the time of signing the paper is a question for decision by the jury, and a witness can not testify as to such legal conclusion. Travelers Insurance Co. v. Thornton, 119 Ga. 455 (46 S. E. 678); Slaughter v. Heath, 127 Ga.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Brown v. MitchellTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- Slaughter v. HeathSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Potts v. HouseSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
- Travelers Insurance v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Thompson v. DavitteSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Jones v. HogansSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Morgan v. BellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Smith v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- Scott v. GibsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
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