Gorham v. Moor

These exceptions “relate to a trial of issues as to undue influence and soundness of mind of Mary Ann Gowen in the execution of her last -will.

1. Several witnesses other than the attesting witnesses of the will and the testatrix’s family physician were asked, in substance, the question whether they ever saw the testatrix do or heard her say anything that indicated anything singular or *523unusual respecting her mental condition.* None of these witnesses were alienists or physicians, but they all had an intimacy with the testatrix for a considerable time, and covering a period sufficiently near to…