In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Alger

Church,S.

The will of George Alger, and two codicils, are offered for probate; the admission of the codicils to probate is contested on the ground that they have been revoked by the testator.

The facts upon which the contestants contends that there has been a revocation of such codicils are as follows: Upon the first codicil to the will the testator has drawn across all of the provisions thereof, including the signature and the attestation. clause, numerous cross-marks in lead pencil, and has also written in two places in the attestation clause the words “ cancelled ” and in another place is…