Wall v. Goode

Opinion by

Judge Pryor:

It was doubtless the intention of the legislature that the evidence of the widow’s renunciation of the provisions of her husband’s will for her benefit should be in writing, and made a matter of record in the court where the probate of the will was- had. The renunciation is required to be acknowledged either before the clerk or two subscribing witnesses and necessarily implies a written renunciation signed by the party making it. Tlie views entertained by this court, however, in regard to' the claim of the widow, render it unnecessary to determine whether an election, by…