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· 3/15/1908

Lum v. Lasch

Citations

  • 93 Miss. 81
  • 46 So. 559

Syllabus

<p>1. Wnis. Contest. Testamentary capacity. Evidence.</p> <p>It being clearly shown that testator had testamentary capacity when he executed his will, his mental capacity both before and after that event become immaterial.</p> <p>2. Same, Devise to servant.</p> <p>That a testator, having no relatives save a child of his divorced wife whose paternity he attributed to another, devised his property to one who had been his faitfhul servant for thirty years, is not indicative of an unsound mind.</p>

Judges: Calhoon

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