Stone v. Stone

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

-Affirming.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a verdict of ten jurors that a certain paper was the last will and testament of Berry Stone.

The Primary Facts.

On April 18, 1932, Berry Stone was shot by an assassin. The following day he died. He left as his widow Elizabeth Stone, who qualified as his administratrix. He left no children, and his mother, Mary Stone, as his sole surviving parent, is his heir at law.

On March 13, 1933, upon motion of Elizabeth Stone, a paper, she claimed to have found a few days before in a trunk belonging to Berry…