In re the Probate of the Will of Severance

Pyrke, S. —

¡No objections have been filed.

The question arises upon the proofs whether the decedent subscribed the will, and, if he did, whether it was subscribed in the presence ’ of the attesting witnesses, or the signature acknowledged to them by the decedent. The amount of property involved is small. The questions presented are not free from difficulty, and one of them quite novel.

The execution of the will took place about five months before the decedent’s death. He was about fifty years of age and a mechanic by occupation. He had been for some time a justice of the peace. The will was…