Wakefield v. Brackett

ALLEN, Acting Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the county judge holding the Last Will of Laura M. Brackett invalid for lack of testamentary capacity. The appeal is by A. G. Wakefield, named as Executor in said Will.

The beneficiaries under a prior will, Mary Lenora Brackett, the decedent’s sister-in-law, and Sarah A. Corneil, the decedent’s sister, contested decedent’s Last Will on the grounds of incompetency and undue influence. After hearing extensive testimony, the county judge entered an order in which he held that the testatrix lacked testamentary capacity.

The attack on the…