In Re Estate of Arthur W. Schuh

Appellants are proponents of an alleged holographic will of the decedent, dated January 6, 1964. Appellee is the proponent of a witnessed will executed in 1960 and admitted herein by the court to probate. Cora Schuh, the beneficiary of the 1960 will, was the first of the decedents seven wives. She was married to him from 1918 to 1925, at which time they were divorced. In 1960, several marriages later and when the decedent was single, he executed the witnessed will naming Cora Schuh as beneficiary. In 1962, he married Gladys Schuh, mother of appellant Robert M. Bessee, and while married to her he executed the holograph in question in 1964. Since we must consider several aspects of the holograph, we set it forth to facilitate our consideration and discussion of the problems raised on appeal (handwriting of decedent italicized):