Wood v. Hankey

The sole inquiry in the trial of this case in the: lower Court Was whether George E. Hankey, late of Frederick. County, deceased, had at the time of the execution of the paper writing purporting to be his last will and testament the mental capacity to malee a valid will.

At the conclusion of the plaintiffs testimony the Court, at the request of the defendants, instructed the jury that no evidence legally sufficient had been offered “to show that George E. Hankey, at the time he executed the will, dated December 30th, 1871, offered in evidence, was not of sound and disposing mind and capable of…