Repovsch v. State

The statutes provide the circumstances under which nuncupative wills may be effective.

Sec. 238.16 “No nuncupative will shall be good when the estate bequeathed shall exceed the value of one hundred and fifty dollars that is not proved by the oath of three witnesses, at least, that were present at the making thereof; nor unless it be proved that the testator, at the time of pronouncing the same, did bid the persons present, or some of them, to bear witness that such was his will or to that effect; nor unless such nuncupative will were made at the time of the last sickness of the deceased and…