Estate of Joslin

The narrow issue on this appeal is whether the finding by the trial court that the insane delusion of testatrix did not affect the making of the propounded will and codicil, is against the great weight and clear preponderance of the evidence. This necessitates a review of the material evidence bearing on such issue.

Mr. Joslin was born November 15, 1872, and Mrs. Joslin was approximately of the same age, the testimony disclosing that she was eighty-one or eighty-two years of age when she executed her will in 1953. They were 'married April 16, 1898, and had no children. For approximately the…