Rosenthal's Estate

Bolger, J.,

This contest involves the dangerous and suspicious act of a man who, without other witnesses present, draws a codicil to a will in his own favor, for execution by an old lady. Proponent was not of testatrix’s blood, but was closely associated with her. The disputed document consists of two typewritten sheets physically connected only by a simple clip. Although a rather exhaustive search was made by several disinterested witnesses to discover it after testatrix’s death, it was subsequently found by proponent when alone in an open letter file in testatrix’s home. These circumstances…