Case ID: ny-sup-ct_33/html/0670-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Hardin, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Sarah Gates, Deceased. Amelia A. Dougall and others, Appellants, v. James O. Gates, Respondent.
   Decree of the surrogate' of Oneida county reversed and ordered that a trial take place in a circuit court in the county of Oneida of'two questions, viz.-: (1.) Was Sarah Gates, the testatrix, at the time of the execution of the will offered for probate, possessed of competent mental capacity to execute a will? (2.) Was she under influence at the time of her execution of the will ? The costs of the appeal to abide the event. Opinion by

Hardin, J.