Order unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum:
The Surrogate erred in permitting a lay witness to express her opinion concerning the mental competence of the testatrix. It is well established that an ordinary witness may describe the acts of a person whose sanity is in question and state whether those acts impressed her as rational or irrational, but that an ordinary witness, other than a subscribing witness to the will, may not render an opinion whether...
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