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In re Neil's Estate

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B
Apr 8, 1949
39 So. 2d 801 (Fla. 1949)

Opinion

April 8, 1949.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Dade County; George E. Holt, Marshall C. Wiseheart, Stanley Milledge and N. Vernon Hawthorne, Judges.

James M. Carson and John C. Wynn, both of Miami, for appellant.

Hendricks Hendricks, of Miami, for appellee.

Kunkel White, of Miami, for L.C. Hendricks and Irma Hendricks, as executors of the last will and testament of Frances Neil, deceased.


Proceeding in the matter of the estate of Frances Neil, deceased. From a judgment refusing to admit decedent's purported will to probate, an appeal is taken.

Judgment affirmed.


The question before us for determination may be stated as follows: Is a purported will valid when the testatrix did not sign or cause her name to be signed or acknowledge her signature thereto in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses present at the same time as required by Section 731.07(2), Florida Statutes Annotated?

The Judge of the County Judge's Court answered the query in the negative. The Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit affirmed the judgment of the Judge of Probate.

Upon a careful consideration of the entire record filed in this court we are convinced that our action should be an affirmance of the judgment of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit.

Our decision in Johnson v. Johnson, 158 Fla. 315, 28 So.2d 438, is controlling in the instant case. In that case the proponents of the will failed only to establish attestation. Here there is a failure to prove either execution or attestation.

Affirmed.

ADAMS, C.J., and CHAPMAN and SEBRING, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

In re Neil's Estate

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B
Apr 8, 1949
39 So. 2d 801 (Fla. 1949)
Case details for

In re Neil's Estate

Case Details

Full title:IN RE NEIL'S ESTATE

Court:Supreme Court of Florida, Division B

Date published: Apr 8, 1949

Citations

39 So. 2d 801 (Fla. 1949)

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