{"id":12907,"date":"2024-03-31T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legaltalktexas.hammerle.com\/?p=12907"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:34:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:34:18","slug":"150-years-texas-supreme-court-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/wills-trusts\/150-years-texas-supreme-court-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Supreme Court Decision Gives Direction for More than 150 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On May 19, 1860, Hamilton Washington, a man of many prejudices and superstitions, executed a will that left his entire estate to his sister, Mary Beazley.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On June 6, 1868, Hamilton executed a new will that left \u201cpretty much all of his estate\u201d to Wm. B. Denson, who \u201cwas no relative of the testator [Hamilton].\u201d Then Hamilton died, leaving such a mess that it went up to the Texas Supreme Court, which issued an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/case-law.vlex.com\/vid\/beazley-v-denson-893208200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1870 opinion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is still cited today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why all the hoopla? Because the Denson opinion contains a fascinating discussion on insane delusions and the capacity to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/wills-trusts\/how-to-write-a-will-in-texas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">execute a will<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Texas Supreme Court Decides the Will is Odd, But Valid<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The issue was the instruction given by the trial court to the jury. It included the following: \u201cThese delusions, which are the ordinary accompaniments, are evidence of insanity and are extravagant or impossible things which do not exist at all, except in the imagination of the insane person, but which he cannot be persuaded or convinced do not exist. The true test of the absence or presence of insanity is the absence or presence of these delusions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme Court quickly dismissed that instruction as \u201clearned sophistry.\u201d It pointed out that under that test John Wesley, Martin Luther, Joan of Arc, Joseph Addison Napoleon Bonaparte, and \u201chundreds more of the greatest and soundest minds which ever existed on earth, must be declared insane\u201d because their beliefs would, in 1870, be declared delusions. Given the trial court\u2019s definition, \u201cthere would be very few who could maintain absolute sanity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Court had a good point. You probably engage in some superstitious behavior:\u00a0 tossing a pinch of spilled table salt over your shoulder, avoiding walking under a ladder, not opening an umbrella inside, knocking on wood. At the very least these are \u201cpeculiar opinions.\u201d But are they also delusions that should invalidate your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/wills-trusts\/this-is-what-you-need-to-know-before-signing-a-will\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? You will be relieved to know that the Supreme Court, in overturning the trial court, gave a resounding no.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eccentricity in Wills and Trusts<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan v. Boys<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the cases the Court cited gives a wonderful insight into its reasoning. \u201cThe most remarkable case of mere eccentricity upon record, if it was such, is that of Morgan v. Boys \u2026 where the will was upheld on the ground that there was no satisfactory proof of actual unsoundness of mind. The testator devised his property to a stranger, thus wholly disinheriting the heir or next of kin, and directed that his executors should cause some parts of his bowels to be converted into fiddle strings, that others should be sublimed into smelling salts, and that the remainder of his body should be vitrified into lenses for optical purposes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The testator further explained that he gave those instructions because he wanted his body to be \u201cconverted into purposes useful to mankind.\u201d The Judge in Morgan decided that the testator\u2019s will exhibited nothing more than eccentric judgment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Case from England\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In another case cited by the Court, \u201cThe testator was a native of England, but had lived in the east, and was familiar with eastern habits and superstitions, and professed his belief in the Mahometan religion. He died in England, leaving a will which, after various legacies, gave the residue to the poor of Constantinople, and also towards erecting a cenotaph inscribed with his name and bearing a light continually burning therein.\u201d The will was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/wills-trusts\/types-of-probate-in-texas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">valid<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The upshot? Your delusions can be insane and lead to some pretty weird language in your will, and that is just fine. Sometimes. <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hammerle Morris Law Firm Can Help Craft Your Will\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our experienced attorneys can ensure your will won\u2019t be left to interpretation. To get help with all your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/practice-areas\/estate-planning-probate\/estate-planning\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estate planning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> needs, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lewisville-attorney\/#form\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the experts at Hammerle Morris Law Firm today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Hammerle is an accredited estate planner and represents clients in estate planning, probate, guardianship, and contested litigation. She may be reached at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"mailto:legaltalktexas@hammerle.com\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">legaltalktexas@hammerle.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This blog contains general information only and does not constitute legal advice.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 19, 1860, Hamilton Washington, a man of many prejudices and superstitions, executed a will that left his entire estate to his sister, Mary Beazley.\u00a0 On June 6, 1868, Hamilton executed a new will that left \u201cpretty much all of his estate\u201d to Wm. B. 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