In re the Probate of the Will of Tinker

Pelletreau, S.:

Annie R. Tinker, the deceased, a resident of the county of Suffolk, died February 21, 1924, at London, Eng. She left a holographic will without attesting witnesses. It appeared to have been made in Naples, Italy, July 27, 1918.

At the time of its execution it was void under section 23 of the Decedent Estate Law as it then read. On May 3, 1919, after the making of said will, and before the death of the said Annie R. Tinker, the Legislature added section 22-a and amended section 23, under the provisions of which a holographic will without witnesses executed without the State,…