Matter of Will of Wadsworth

VAUGHN, Judge.

Propounder’s first assignment of error is that “Propounder excepts to the questions asked the Caveator’s witnesses because the questions were not limited to the testator’s mental condition at the approximate time he executed his will.”

On the issue of testamentary capacity, it is proper to show the mental condition of the maker at a reasonable time before and after the execution of the purported will. In Re Will of McDowell, 230 N.C. 259, 52 S.E. 2d 807. Witnesses observed testator within a reasonable time before and after the execution of the will. For the most part they did not…