In re the Estate of Ficken

Wingate, S.

The contested question for decision in this probate proceeding is the perennial one as to whether a holographic will on a printed form is properly executed in accordance with the mandates of section 21 of the Decedent Estate Law. The form here employed is of the familiar shape and size, consisting of two sheets joined together at the tops of what are customarily viewed as the first and third pages. For convenience of reference and description the portion of the blank containing the printed introductory wording will be called the first page; the reverse of this sheet the second; *408the…