Barnes v. Bosstick

The appellants sued to establish and have probated a last will of Emma A. Dudley, and from a finding and judgment against them have appealed.

The proponents of the will proved that Emma A. Dudley died in January, 1929, at the age of 72 years, and that, on November 12, 1927, she made and properly executed her last will and testament in a lawyer’s office in Sullivan. The lawyer, in drawing her will, made a carbon copy thereof, which he kept in his office. He identified plaintiff’s Exhibit A as being such duplicate copy, and it was introduced in evidence. The lawyer, who was an attesting witness…