Birch v. Jefferson County Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Bees

Affirming.

Yal Lester, a resident of Jefferson county, died on August 5,1930. His sole heir at law was a son, Theodore Lester, who had been adjudged incompetent and was confined in a private sanitarium. A paper dated January 34, 1930, purporting to be the will of Yal Lester, was offered for probate in the Jefferson county court. The body of the instrument was typewritten and the paper was signed by the maker. Just to the left of his signature are the signatures of Edward A. Greenaway and Susie E. Thompson. There is no attestation clause. In clause 2 of the…