IN THE MATTER OF ESTATE


300 A.2d 1 (1972)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Mary Emily Johnston REED, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

December 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Warren Green, of Booker, Green, Shaffer, Berl & Wise, Wilmington, for appellant.

James T. McKinstry, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for appellee.

WOLCOTT, C. J. and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.


PER CURIAM:

In 1963, testatrix executed a will in which she left $5.00 to her sister, the appellant, and the bulk of the estate to a charity. The testatrix died in 1970 and her sister now attacks the will on the grounds that the testatrix lacked testamentary capacity at the time of execution of the will seven years before her death.

The appellant opposed probate of the will before the Register of Wills. After a hearing, the Register ordered probate. Appellant...

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