In Re Estate of Esala

Fidel H. (“Bill”) Esala executed two wills during the last 18 months of his life. The first, signed on March 27, 1973, named Mary Frances Zumwalt of Kansas City, Missouri, as his sole beneficiary and executrix; the second, signed in the hospital on September 21, 1974, omitted mention of Mary Zumwalt and named Ruth N. Morgan and Florence E. Dean as sole joint beneficiaries and joint executrices of the estate. Ruth Morgan and Florence Dean appeal from an order revoking the probate of the second will and admitting the prior will to probate. The trial court determined that the second will was…