Pastir v. Bielski

The plaintiffs, heirs-at-law of Helen Bielski, deceased, appealed to the Superior Court from the admission of the decedent’s will to probate. They claimed that the testatrix “lacked sufficient testamentary capacity to make and execute a [w]ill” and that the will was the product of undue influence exerted upon the testatrix by the defendant, Frank Bielski. The trial court found the will to be invalid and, from the judgment rendered, the defendant, proponent of the will, appealed to this court.

In its finding, the trial court concluded that “[t]he testatrix did not possess the requisite…