Nilsen v. Deltombe

The judgment from which appeal is taken, is one admitting to probate, through the use of a carbon copy, a destroyed will of Marie Reid, deceased; said will bearing date of December 8, 1944, the provisions thereof being in favor of the respondent Ebba Nilsen, a friend of the deceased, who was appointed administratrix with the will annexed. No original will could be found although it was known that Mrs. Reid had executed two testamentary documents. The first of these was made in 1940, and designated decedent’s husband Lot E. Reid, as the principal beneficiary. Thereafter, on August 15, 1944,…