Baker's Estate

Opinion by

Me. Justice Steen,

Catharine Baker died in 1937. The orphans’ court sustained the decision of the register of wills admitting to probate three papers alleged to constitute her last will and testament. One of these, designated in the record “Exhibit D,” consisted of a typewritten will on a sheet thirteen inches long by eight and a half inches wide. One paragraph directed payment of debts and funeral expenses, a second devised the residuary estate to decedent’s sister, Sarah Baker, and a third appointed her as executrix. The will was dated October 31, 1923, and was signed by decedent.…