Case Name: ESTATE OF WILLIAM R. DERRY
Court: Probate Court of the City and County of San Francisco
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1878-10-24
Citations: 1 Myrick 202
Docket Number: No. 8710
Parties: ESTATE OF WILLIAM R. DERRY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of Cases in the Probate Court of the City and County of San Francisco, from January 1, 1872, to December 31, 1879, Milton H. Myrick, Probate Judge
Volume: 1
Pages: 202–203

Head Matter:
ESTATE OF WILLIAM R. DERRY.
No. 8710
Oct. 24, 1878.
Will.—Execution oe.—Witness’ signature by his mark attested by go-witness.
One of the witnesses to a will may write the signature of his associate witness to the will when such associate witness is unable to write, and may then write his own name as a witness that such illiterate witness has attested the execution of the will by his mark.
Construing section, C. 0., 1276.
C. Halsey, for proponent.
J. M. Allen, for contestant.

Opinion:
One of the witnesses to the will did not write his name, being uneducated. The other witness, besides signing as a witness to the will, wrote the name of his associate witness, and wrote his own name as a witness to the mark of the associate.
Held, this is a good witnessing of the will.