Case of Violet's Will & Testament

OPINION* of the Court, by

fila. J. Bibb.

The principal instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Thomas Violet, deceased, has been testified by the subscribing witnesses, as duly published, according to the forms of law, by the said Violet as his will and testament. But it has been supposed by some that the testator was of mind insane, or too imbecile to act efficiently ; and some witnesses have proved that he acted at times with whimsical and ridiculous levity. These are accounted for, and are rightly attributable to his fits of intemperance in the use of distilled liquors.…