Castruccio v. Estate of Castruccio

A testator put his signature on page 5 of a six-page will that had consecutive pagination, consecutive paragraph-numbering, and a single, uniform font and typeface. The witnesses signed on page 6. The will’s six pages may or may not have been physically attached to one another by a staple at the time of signing.

Relying on a 1921 case that invalidated a one-page will because the witnesses did not sign the will itself, but a separate document that was not physically attached to it, 1 the testator’s widow challenged the will. The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel entered summary judgment against…