Stewart v. Rowell
Stewart v. Rowell
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The testimony in this case is very voluminous, and is all directed to one point, namely, the sanity of the deceased at the time of the execution of the will. A discussion of the evidence in detail would consume many pages of the Oregon Reports and serve no useful purpose. Carefully sifted, however, it presents in our judgment the picture of a woman naturally above the average in intelligence, but with neurotic tendencies, probably inherited, which gradually increased with years and developed into general insanity, which, while not of that pronounced type which would be manifest to a casual observer, was nevertheless deep-seated and the mainspring of her conduct during the latter years of her life. That this condition was accentuated by the frequent use of morphine as a palliation for stomach trouble seems also probable. It seems thoroughly established that she was the subject of many hallucinations. Among these was an unreasonable idea that her husband was seeking to poison her and was a drunkard and idler, whereas the testimony indicates that he was a sober and very industrious man, who cared for her and bore with her frequent outbursts of nervousness with exemplary
The decree is affirmed. Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- In Re ROWELL'S ESTATE. STEWART v. ROWELL
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- Published