Stinson's Estate

Citations

• 228 Pa. 475
• 77 A. 807
• 1910 Pa. LEXIS 512

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Signature, “at the end thereof” — -Act of April 8, 1883, P. L. 849 — Probate. 1. The end of a will under the statute requiring wills to be signed “at the end thereof” is the logical end of the testator’s disposition of his property, wherever that end manifestly appears on the paper, and not the point which is spatially farthest removed from the beginning.</p> <p>2. Where an inspection of a will shows that the testatrix, after having written the first page, skipped the second, proceeded to the third, and, having reached the bottom of it, returned to the second, and, when she had completed the disposition of her estate at about the middle of the second page, signed her name there in the presence of two witnesses, the will is signed “at the end thereof” within the meaning of the statute.</p>