WILL OF HOPKINS


273 Wis. 632 (1956)

WILL OF HOPKINS: Contestant, Appellant, vs. RAIHLE, Executrix, Proponent, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Stafford, Pfiffner & Stafford of Chippewa Falls, and oral argument by Harold E. Stafford.

For the respondent there was a brief by Paul H. Raihle, Marshall Norseng, and Henry Christoffersen, guardian ad litem, all of Chippewa Falls, and oral argument by Mr. Norseng and Mr. Christoffersen.


FAIRCHILD, C. J.

The first contention of the appellant is that the testator, at the time he executed his will on July 19, 1954, lacked testamentary capacity. To support this contention appellant introduced a large number of witnesses who testified as to various incidents concerning testator's habits and characteristics. Much of the testimony was repetitious, the witnesses repeatedly stressing the change in gait and physical vigor of the testator in his later years...

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