Cerny v. First National Bank

STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a determination of heirship in which the rights of 103 claimants under the will of James Kidd were adjudicated.

James Kidd was a bachelor of frugal nature who came to Arizona about 1920. On January 2, 1946, he wrote a holographic will which was sealed in an envelope and placed in a safety deposit box. A few years later, Kidd disappeared without a trace. But it was not until shortly before March 6, 1964 that his will was discovered and on that date offered for probate. On proof *556that Kidd had absented himself from Maricopa County, Arizona for such a…