McGrew v. Bartlett

WERLEIN, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court denying the probate of the alleged last will and testament of Alta Gray Bartlett who died January 21, 1963, in Washington County, Texas. The sole question before us is whether the deceased properly executed a will in conformity with Section 59 of the Probate Code of the State of Texas, V.A.T.S.

According to the agreed statement of facts, the writing offered for probate consists of five consecutively numbered typewritten pages bound front and back with bond paper and securely fastened in the left-hand margin with tied…