In re Estate of Fuller

The issues in this will contest concern the sufficiency of evidence to support the allowance of an unexecuted ribbon copy of a lost will and the amount of proof necessary to overcome a presumption that a lost will was revoked. Exceptions of the contestants were transferred by Copadis, J.

Katherine E. Fuller died on December 12,1976, at age eighty-one years. A heavy 4-72" x 11" brown envelope was found among her papers. It had the word “Will” written at the top, and the deceased’s name written about midway down the front. There was testimony that this was in the handwriting of the deceased and…