In re the Estate of Cardwell

Wingate, S.

This is one of the type of litigations which gave rise to the aphorism that “ hard cases make bad law.” The hope may be expressed that despite the obvious difficulty of the situation, the court may escape the frequently attendant evil result.

The propounded document is written in the handwriting of the testatrix on two letter sheets of paper which, at the time they were filed in this court, were in no way physically attached to each other. They were found in her safe deposit box in an envelope bearing a *1060subscription in her handwriting, “ November 20, 1933, last will and testament of…