In Re Estate of Morgan

Appellant, who is administrator of the estate of William M. Morgan, deceased, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Mercer county admitting to probate a carbon copy of a will of Morgan.

Facts, not disputed, are as follows: On June 29, 1936, Morgan executed a will, of which the instrument admitted to probate is admittedly a carbon copy. This will was left with his attorney in Monmouth until 1938 when, at Morgan’s request, it was mailed to him. For some years prior to the birth of appellee, Irene Tibbits, the beneficiary under Morgan’s will, he lived with her people in Keithsburg. He was…