In Re Herrman

This matter is before this court on probate of the will of Elizabeth L. Herrman. Probate is contested by a cousin of decedent who contends that testatrix was mentally incompetent at the time of the will and that its execution was obtained by undue influence.

Testatrix was a spinster of advanced years at the time the will was made. The will was drawn by a person connected with the United States Trust Company, the executor named therein. By specific bequests and by bequests payable out of the residuary clause, the will disposed of the bulk of the estate to various charities. Her cousin, the…