In Re Will of Fisher

The Probate Court denied an application to admit to probate the will of Elizabeth EL Fisher on the ground that the evidence failed to establish its due execution. From this order the proponent took this appeal on questions of law.

In company with her brother-in-law, who was her attorney and had prepared the will for her, and who was a beneficiary under it, Mrs. Fisher went to the home of a friend, Helen D. Pilliod, who, with her mother, signed the paper as witnesses. They both testified that she asked them in substance: “Will you be a witness to my will?” and the attorney produced the paper…