In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Eckler

Devendorf, S.

— The written instrument offered for probate bears date June 12, 1895, and purports to be the last will and testament of James Eckler, who died April 17, 1900, in the town of Warren, Herkimer county, aged upwards of eighty-seven years; he left surviving him an incompetent sister and several nephews and nieces, children of deceased sisters. The instrument contested disposes of all of the deceased’s property, both real and personal, amounting to upwards of $25,000, and gives the same to the proponent, George H. Cristman, who is not .a blood relative of the deceased, but whose wife…