Goode v. Estate of Hoover

OPINION

OSBORN, Chief Justice.

The issue presented to the Court in this case is whether the substitution of the single page of a will, which provided entirely for the disposition of the deceased’s estate, constituted a revocation of the will so that the deceased died intestate. We conclude that a will may not be revoked by one page being substituted for a page of the original will, and that under the facts in this case, the original will was entitled to be admitted to probate. The order admitting the original will to probate is affirmed.

Ivan Hoover, a bachelor for many years, married Vera…