In Re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Werkman

Fox, Judge:

This is a statutory proceeding, coming to us from the Circuit Court of Brooke County, involving the probate of a paper as the last will and testament of William M. Werk-man, deceased. The trial court, on appeal from the county court, reversed the action of said court and refused probate, and this writ of error is prosecuted in the name of Ethel C. Kaltenbach under circumstances which this opinion will relate.

William M. Werkman and Rose Werkman, his wife, were married in the year 1902, and thereafter lived in the City of Wellsburg. No children were born of this marriage. On April…