In re the Estate of Chinsky

Wingate, S.

The will which is the subject of the present contested probate proceeding purports to dispose of the estate of a publisher of Hebrew books, and his business in this connection is the main asset of the estate.

Whereas the contestants interposed the usual omnibus broadside of objections, the only question remaining for decision at the close of the trial relates to the testamentary capacity of the testator, with the related issue as to whether the contents of the propounded instrument represented the conscious testamentary act of the testator; in other words, whether at the time of its…