In Re Estate of Wise

Mrs. Minerva Wise, the widow of the decedent, S. D. Wise, filed a petition to have herself appointed administrator of her deceased husband’s estate asserting that her husband had died intestate. Arthur Harrawood filed a petition to admit what was alleged to be the last will of S. D. Wise to Probate. Both Mrs. Wise’s and Mr. Harrawood’s petitions were heard at the same time by the court without a jury. The trial court denied Mr. Harrawood’s petition to admit the purported will to probate and granted Mrs. Wise’s petition to appoint her the administratrix of the estate. The court also found that…