Young Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

This appeal arises out of an issue d. v. n. in which it was charged that the signature to a certain paper purporting to be a will was forged. Mrs. Maud Young, aged 79 years, died in Hollidaysburg on January 26, 1941, leaving real and personal property of the value of $40,-000. Her next of kin were nieces and nephews. From 1928 until she died she frequently consulted on her busi ness affairs, George G. Patterson, Esq. At Mrs. Young’s direction Judge Patterson (then an attorney * ) prepared a will for her on February 2,1938, and a codicil thereto on February 8,…