In Re Duffill's Estate

OPINION

Appellant, the mother of decedent, instituted proceedings to probate a lost will, alleged to have been executed February 19, 1932, wherein decedent left $200,000 to her and the balance of his estate to his widow and daughter. Judgment was rendered against her, from which, and an order denying a new trial, an appeal has been taken.

At the conclusion of the taking of the testimony and of the oral arguments of counsel, the court delivered a clear-cut, concise statement of his reasons for concluding that no will had been executed by the deceased as contended by appellant, and, if there had…