Wilson v. Lane

Fletcher, Chief Justice.

After Executrix Katherine Lane offered Jewel Jones Greer’s 1997 last will and testament for probate, Floyd Wilson filed a caveat, challenging Greer’s testamentary capacity. A Jasper County Superior Court jury found that Greer lacked testamentary capacity at the time she executed her will, but the trial court granted Lane’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Wilson appeals. Because we agree that there was no evidence to show that Greer lacked testamentary capacity, we affirm.

A person is mentally capable to make a will if she “has sufficient intellect to…