McCarty v. Trichel

MOISE, Justice.

Plaintiffs take this appeal from a judgment dismissing proceedings instituted by them to have annulled and set aside a nuncupative will by public act executed by Mrs. Louise Cook Hardwick on November 26, 1946, and all proceedings taken in her succession, on the ground that “At the time of the execution of the will * * * Louise Cook Hardwick was not of sound mind and mentally incapable of executing a will.” (Art. 3, plaintiffs’ petition.) They pray that an olographic will made by the testatrix on July 18, 1946, in which they were the named legatees, be declared the last will and…