Hughes v. Dwyer

FOREST W. HANNA, Special Judge.

Mr. Lonnie Lance executed his will the day after he had been convicted and sentenced to a term of two (2) years in the state penitentiary for arson. On the 20th day of October, 1959, Mr. Lance went to his attorney’s office, alone, where he told his attorney what he wanted in his will. It was dictated, typed and signed while he remained at the office, all within an hour or less. Because Mr. Lance could not read or write, the dispositive and disinheriting provisions of the will were read to him before it was signed by his mark. Thereafter, the testator left the…