In re the Estate of Poppe

Lyman H. Smith, S.

Joan L. Poppe died a resident of Yates County, State of New York, February 5, 1969.

A paper writing, dated August 20, 1966, has been offered for probate. This purported will bears the signature of one Mary C. Beers with whom the deceased resided for many years. There is no attestation clause. This court is satisfied, after a plenary hearing, that Mary C. Beers signed the instrument as a witness. However, the guardian ad litem of decedent’s granddaughter (daughter of a deceased son) objects to the probate of this instrument.

The document reads as follows: “ To whom it may…