In Re Will of Barrie

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Whiteside county admitting to probate the last 'will and testament of Mary E. Barrie, deceased. The will purportecl to dispose of both real and personal property. The deceased executed the will on October 30, 1928. No question is raised as to its due execution, or as to her mental condition at that time. The sole question involved is whether said will was revoked by the testatrix during her lifetime.

Mary E. Barrie was a single woman. She died on December 16, 1944. At the time of her death, she was 74 years of age. She had lived…