Case of Cochran's Will & Testament

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Logan.

— This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Barren, refusing to admit to record an instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Reuben Cochran deceased.

To the establishment of this will, two objections were made — 1st, The want of capacity in the testator to make his will. 2d, That it was not executed agreeably to the mode prescribed by law.

The testator had for a considerable time made use of ardent spirits to excess — had become habituated to ¡⅜* *492toxication, and was evidently on the decline of life» tj • ¶ ¶ (• ⅜ •…