Ordered that the decree is affirmed, with costs payable by the appellant personally.
Upon our review of the extensive record herein, we find no basis to set aside the determination of the Surrogate. The record establishes that the testatrix, while despondent over the death of her husband, was aware of the natural objects of her bounty and the nature and extent of her property, and, as such, was possessed of testamentary capacity (see, Matter of Slade
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