Proof of Incompetency by Editor

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 4, 1882

Proof of Incompetency.

By Editor

ONE of the ablest men of California, a State Senator, recently died, leaving a will made out in proper form. But the will has been set aside under the plea that the testator was not mentally competent to make it. During his life the idea of his incompetency would have been scouted. But we are inclined to think the decision was a just one. The man who will leave his property by will to be handled by administrators and lawyers, instead of disposing of it himself while he is able to see that it goes where he desires, must be somewhat shattered in intellect. The fact that a man makes a will is likely soon to be considered sufficient evidence in court that he is insane.