In Re Will of Puett

This was a proceeding to probate a paper-writing propounded by Lelia Wilson as a later will of Minnie Stowe Puett, alleged to have been executed subsequent to one theretofore probated as the last will and testament of the decedent, heard below on appeal from orders of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gaston County.

The procedural steps by which this matter has come to this Court for decision may be stated in chronological order as follows: Minnie Stowe Puett (widow of W. B. Puett) having died, on 29 May, 1945, a paper-writing purporting to be her last will and testament was duly admitted to…