In re the Estate of Taylor

Conlon, J. C. C.

Everitt Kilburn Taylor died on March 21, 1952, and there is offered for probate a wri ing purporting to be his last will and testament dated January 17, 1942. It was established that the document is in the handwriting of the defendant but is not signed by him. His name, in his own handwriting, appears in three places. At the top is written “The Last Will and Testament of Everitt Kilburn Taylor.” The body of it begins with the wordp “I, Everitt *107Kilburn Taylor, of the Village of South Orange.” As has been stated, there is no signature, but below a space that was obviously left…