MATTER OF CASSIDY


278 A.D. 830 (1951)

In the Matter of the Probate of The Will of Mary H. Cassidy, Deceased. Frank Saunders, Appellant; Thomas A. Hannan, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

May 7, 1951.


Decree and order reversed on the law and the facts, with costs to both parties, payable out of the estate, and a new trial ordered.

In our opinion the charge of the court did not adequately present to the jury the facts or the law bearing on the question of testamentary capacity and the court should have charged the substance of proponent's requests. On the record presented, a verdict should have been directed in proponent's favor on all...

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