In Re Daly's Estate

The appeal is from the judgment and an order denying a motion for a new trial. Mary Daly was a widow, eighty-one years of age at the time she executed a certain purported last will and testament. For a number of years she had been an invalid and unable to take care of herself and her ordinary business affairs; her hearing was impaired to such an extent that she could hear with difficulty. She was unable to read or write. In 1915, while residing in New Jersey, she met one Joseph A. Delaney, who was practicing law at Paterson, N.J. She employed him as her attorney to conduct a will contest. It…