The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-07

I fGihl VIZ uONuultuN W US Ills luhI VIII unN
testan ent, aud requests each OF the witnesse
TO sign II as q subscribing witness. Then eacl
iSs ,ssss sign sn aIs on Ps s0 ths a l Iittle G SSl9 Sfto tsSt 9
clappe Ia next added which .is in substance. al
S SSIoN sS Fl t aIsos siSsiGntlG SI0S Of the saS SiIi 81 aP p6e t nit
n{ssses siRns his name again and states hh
Are there not many different kinds of wills p
Yea" answere Prot. Reeves. and some ar,
WHIST sim 9a2IgS made B By t 2RSS' oSs ]tS @ii q % a indeed indeed
tn pass real property a. will must be written
The only general cases in which oral or nun.
sonSi' property are those. Of, soldiers in
actual military service and sailors. at sea
and at sea means where the tide ebba
whiGt swo t]estators by one document iccip.
S 6Ss@lrS %tlt b tsSiF PsGtRSs s Viii t. o. Sn the o Sns x T@d n tnf
dies. A Joint vii! is where two or more testa-
tors in one and the same document give their
persons. As each %testator dHIeess' this 2hTsS'i Is
by most courts recognized qs his will
remcmnbergedY that wills and dd"S c"ntracts I are very P'
% %nTIES a coD Mh,Is 4 S vail + Se a ,E Legal i33st stnnGad
cut of, changed at any time. Reciprocal Wills
are sometimes spoken OF! they are The two dis
tint tint S TilIS rr Of tw" pc ,So by which zach
ERSt Operate unlcss. %Ssrttsi,n events do cr dc not
on and that is q hqlographic OF, olGSrarhic
VIII IIbVFTlI tHlN Is u 10TH OF VIII SIpn
sFscisllyP 't tRo'ssss Of !!RRo soatG and al 20 sopt ffISest,
The hol2!granhic, viii Is written, entirely in the
handwriting OF the tcstatpr, and thus. carrying
on It's lace evidence OF its genuinencss. does
not REQUIRE witnesses, The mistake that
Photographic because IL is in the testutor's
handWrittnE The l9g9I meaning Is not soto
nesses. TThc average rerortcr writes. MI 4.
fled a h~2Iogr2phic will with the Surrogate
That c1nldn,t Gc done, for witnesses are nee
"A form q viii used in Louisiana and largely
on ne continent of Europe, WHORE Roman or
called from, the met that the tcstator has it
written and scnled in an envelope aud presented
illustrated by the Louisiana way Of making a
mystic will The ~testator incloses his will in
an %enyrlope and then calls IN at Icqst
states 70 them that this envelope, which
ne Mi wishes them TO- sign. .contains his
%tiflcate and seal upon Il and preserves the viii
in his possession until the ]tcstntor is dead. A
will Of this kind could not pass real property in
New York. Only two years ago such II will was
brought here from Germany; The courts said
rrobNted. There is n ril" In this State which
admits a vii to Probatr here to pass Personal
with the law OF the domicilc nf the ]trstator
even though it doesn't follow our formalities
OF law here. Such a will. however. couldn't
With regard To revolving or doing away with
these wills. this used TO be allowed very freely
CURED that the will shall h" Destroyed w the
%testator or under his direction with iutont
No [f'G Sxce !, d 'fihi Ec "n q %ill WIN sh %r '' cs.
~rreSsIy. revok" it. Courts lay great stress
or ohliteratrd. A curious ease arose in New
York q few Years ago OF an Insane person who
cry cry axeS1 st@d'i w Ph,fG' sa u %'il k WniS9h H "a I Gaa Rr the
pieces were fitted together. pasted hctwern two
pieces Of el2ss SO as to be easily read and the
TO Me his will with the kesIstrr OF, Wills. The
make OF his will is to Put ii in a aafc deposit
vault. 1t, makes no difference how absurd or
whimsical n will is; tho courts will sustain It.
grounds mentioned. An amusing illustration
Of this is tho ease OF the man who died in Gnm-
mummy be matte or. his body. which should
be given TO the University Of Pennsylvania
Surrogate says Tint his body must be
but there is no law which can
c% SpidSs Mifi %niy Sr H. to 5acsgNt it., Another
said he wanted everything he had to !
he oI some use in the world. and that after his
out d certain p'rtIo%Tss 81 liz hiti Body. . viSiin Ss st pings
OF other PORTIONS. and that the rest Of his mortal
This will was prohated aud his executors were |
ordered 70 do all OF these things.
Another curious viii case comes e, my
was intensely devoted to his wife. He used u
her Dick"y' as n pet name. and when She
died he became nearly insane. lie gripvcd for
and his mother-in-iaw took adj
vantage OF his state and persuaded him
to attend some s~piritualistic meetings with
her; He was absolutely skeptical about, the
various manifestations Finally the medium
him a message from his wife. and he was
still skeptical.. Bat Ike kept attending the
With his mother-in-law, and one even
ing. when his mothcr-in-Inw wore n cunspiru-
Gus, breastrin nj her neck, there suddenly
flashed out from it the word ',Dickey' in bril-
liant letters. Immediately the message fol
Give ai Of your property to your mother |
in-iaw.' and he hastily made o wifi her favor.
Tins VIII was contested on the ground that the
.testator. was insane; but 1t was sustained. |
believe TINT If the lawyers. instead OF trying to
prove the ~tcstator insane. hud devoted their en-
ergy to proving that lie had been duped, the
Will could have been ovcrthrOwn.''
hen asked II n lawyer wus necessary to
draw up Il will, Prof. Reeves said, BY no
means: hut II Is advisable to have one. FIRE.
uucntly the making Of his own will by Il lay
man results IN his dlSpOsing OF his nrOnrriy
directly contrary 10 His wishes: so for that raa-
son i IL better to GO 10 Il lawyer. Exactly what
do ! mean Simply this. There are many
things that may lead Il ~testator to want TO dis
pose Of property differently from what tho law
permit. And IL h" undertakes to do this
he may make Il will that can be altogether or
overthrOwn. On the whole though. ms
said at. the outset. comparatively few Wills, in
deed almost none. are overthrown."