Spangler v. Bell

Mary J. McDonald, a widow, died on July 20, 1943, leaving a will dated November 15, 1938, and a purported codicil dated July 22, 1939. The will was admitted to probate by the county court of Hancock county. No appeal has been taken from this order. The codicil was denied admission to probate and record. The circuit court of Hancock county, after a hearing de novo, found that the codicil was not signed by the testatrix, or by anyone in her presence and by her direction, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses; that she did not acknowledge to them that the execution of the instrument was…