In Re the Probate of the Will of Field

The surrogate refused probate because the paper purporting to be a will was not “ subscribed by the testator at the end ” thereof as required by statute, and the decree was affirmed by the Appellate Division for the same reason. As the essential facts were stipulated and the original paper itself is produced as one of the facts agreed upon, the question whether it was signed at the end is a question of law. The entire printed form was treated below as the first page, the sheets numbered from one to six as succeeding pages, and thus the conclusion was reached that the decedent did not sign at…