In re the Estate of Saxl

Joseph A. Cox, S.

Objections to the probate of the propounded instrument were interposed by a legatee under a purported testamentary paper of earlier date. It appears that the *482testator also executed a paper on a date intermediate the dates of the propounded instrument and the instrument in which the contestant is named as a legatee.

The objections to probate presented issues as to execution, fraud and undue influence and there was also tried an issue as to whether the propounded paper was executed in duplicate. The proof established that the challenged instrument was a carbon imprint prepared…