Tetzlaff v. Ray

The testator was ninety-three years of age and infirm in body at the time the will in question was made. But there is no proof that her bodily infirmities had in any way affected her mind. The trial court found, in accord with the undisputed proof, that deceased possessed the mental capacity to make a will.

A series of documents written by deceased’s own hand established quite clearly that she not only knew what disposition she wanted to make of her property, but that she possessed the ability to draft legal documents that expressed that intent in language that would do credit to one skilled…