Hughes's Estate (No. 2)

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

In her will Amelia H. Hughes gave legacies of $1,000 each to her brothers, William Hahman and Harry Hah-man. At her death they were indebted to her on a promissory note for $2,000. Subsequent to the probate of her will a paper, apparently partly in her handwriting and partly in the handwriting of her executor, was probated as a codicil. Because of her illness she could not converse. This paper, characterized by the court below as a written conversation between the testatrix and her executor, contained instructions about the management and settlement of her…