Leister v. Chitwood

The sole question for onr decision is whether the will of D. L. Z. Chitwood was attested by two witnesses as required by onr statute. Prom a finding of the Crawford Probate Court that the will was executed in the manner and form required by law comes this appeal.

D. L. Z. Chitwood, a retired insurance man, over eighty years of age, who resided in Mulberry, Crawford County, Arkansas, died at about five o’clock the morning of September 1, 1948. Sometime during the night of August 31 — September 1, 1948, an instrument purporting to be his last will and testament was executed. On September 9,…