The Berry Will Case

This case arose out of a caveat filed against the will of the late George R. Berry and was tried entirely on the issue involving his mental capacity. ' The tendency to assail last wills upon the ground of mental incapacity and by frivolous and inconclusive evidence, chiefly of a speculative character, whenever the testator has not disposed of his property in a way to suit disappointed and, often, distant and distasteful relations, has grown" to such alarming proportions in late years, that the Courts should • be resolute in adhering to the old and long-settled principles of the law respecting…