Williams v. Presbytery of Portland

Two questions are here presented: (1) Did Miss Ellen Elizabeth Bond, who died April 26, 1940, possess sufficient testamentary capacity on or about April 1, 1936, to revoke the will which she had executed on January 21, 1913? And (2) if she had such capacity, did she intend, by her course of action later to be described, to revoke that will?

The contestants include seven first cousins of the decedent, four related to her through her mother, and three through her father. Another contestant is the administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Prank Bond, deceased, a first cousin of Miss…