In re the Estate of Knoepfler

Joseph A. Cox, S.

Inquiry was initiated by the court, pursuant to the provisions of section 144 of the Surrogate’s Court Act, into the facts and circumstances surrounding the execution of a holographic testamentary instrument dated August 26, 1957, purportedly signed by the testator and witnessed by three persons, which has been offered for probate. No objections were interposed to its admission to probate.

*66The instrument consists of three unattached sheets of paper of the same kind, written front and back of each sheet, each side numbered page No. 1, page No. la, page No. 2, page No. 2a, page…