Thomson v. Butler

This is an action by the appellant to contest the will of' Laura E. Saltonstall who- died March 7, 1936. Her will (which the appellant designates as the 1933-34 will) was duty probated in • the Probate Court of Saline County, Missouri, on March 18, 1936. The -appellant’s main contention in this court is that this will was revoked by a will executed by her in the fall of 1935, which, by its terms, revoked all former wills. However, this latter will was never offered for probate. App'ellant contends that he made a search for it and was unable to locate it, but he did produce an unsigned copy of…