In re the Estate of Hickey

Foley, S.

The proponent offers for probate portions of two letters from the deceased — a soldier — as his will of personal property. These letters were written by him while in active service in the United States army in the recent war. They are dated May 26, 1918, and August 6, 1918. One of the letters was written from a hospital in which he was a patient. He died October 20, 1918. The deceased had applied for war risk insurance and in his application he endeavored to make his sister, an infant, the beneficiary of the policy. It further appears he was informed that this could not be done…