Bass v. Renaud

MOLLOY, Judge.

This appellate proceeding arises from a will contest filed prior to the admission of a will to probate. The deceased,. George S. Thompson, was a man of 94 years of age at the time of his death on September 9, 1960. The will over which this contest arises is one executed by the deceased on on November 9, 1959.

The grounds of contest upon which a trial was conducted were that the deceased lacked testamentary capacity at the time of the execution of the will and was under undue influence of one or more of the beneficiaries. The contestant is Warren Bass, a grandson of the deceased.…