In re Proving the Nuncupative Last Will & Testament of Stein

Schulz, S.

The petitioner prays for the probate of a nuncupative will, alleged to consist of statements made to comrades and others and of letters written to the petitioner by the alleged testator, a soldier, while in actual military service. The petitioner was a friend of the decedent, his senior in age, with whom he had made his home, and between whom and the decedent there existed such a strong bond of affection and esteem that the conclusion might be warranted that the petitioner stood in loco parentis to him. The decedent died in action on May 28, 1918, in France.

The various statements…