Cook v. Morrison

HALLEY, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs in error, James P. Cook and others, have presented a single proposition on this appeal. It involves the competency of Frances L. Holmes, who died on September 16, 1945, to execute a valid codicil to her original will on July 10, 1945. Her original will, executed June 21, 1945 had been admitted to' probate and its validity is not questioned here, and two codicils executed August 15 and August 21, 1945 were denied probate and are not here involved.

Plaintiffs in error are related by blood to decedent. The proponent of the codicil' of July 10, 1945, Ward…