Crozier v. Doyle

MASON, Justice.

Byron D. Crozier filed his petition in probate seeking to establish and have admitted to probate an alleged lost will of his brother, Floyd, who died January 11, 1972. Floyd had executed a will May 17, 1958. Following his death a thorough search failed to disclose any executed will, although an unsigned carbon copy of the 1958 will was found among decedent’s belongings.

The petitioner, Byron D. Crozier, was the residuary beneficiary under the 1958 will and named executor. Defendants are the *556other heirs at law and administrators of the estate of Floyd H. Crozier. . They appeal…