Brown v. Nicholas

Opinion

GATES, J.

Eleanor Brown appeals from the judgment that admitted to probate the two documents we attach hereto as an appendix, thereby pre cluding her from inheriting her adoptive mother’s estate which consisted of only the family residence valued by the inheritance tax referee at $32,500. Although argued both here and below under many different headings, the one determinative question presented is:

“May a formal will inadmissible in probate because of the false declarations made by each of its purported witnesses, nonetheless be given effect by treating it as if the testatrix had…