Dozier v. Smith

OTT, Chief Judge.

Thomas Dozier, as personal representative of the Estate of Floretta Snyder, and Mary R. Fletcher appeal from a probate court order revoking a will duly admitted to probate on the ground of forgery. We hold that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to support the court’s finding of a forgery.

Floretta Snyder died on September 23, 1981. She was survived by one daughter, two brothers, and five sisters. A will, dated July 28, 1981, was duly admitted to probate. The decedent’s entire estate was left to appellant Mary Fletcher, one of decedent’s five sisters. The will…