BECHERT v. LEHE

No. 3-373A32.

316 N.E.2d 394 (1974)

James E. BECHERT, As Executor of the Pretended Last Will and Testament of Gawanda J. Bechert, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. Gwendolyn J. LEHE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

September 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Watson, John C. Carvey, Carvey, Watson & McNevin, Indianapolis, for appellants.

Thomas B. Dumas, William J. Moriarty, Jr., Dumas & Moriarty, Rensselaer, Paul Reed, Knox, for appellee.


GARRARD, Judge.

Gawanda Bechert died leaving a brother and a sister as her heirs-at-law. Intestate administration was commenced, and the sister filed objections to the probate of any purported will. Several months later the brother offered an unexecuted carbon of a "lost will" for probate. The case was ultimately tried by the court. Probate was denied, and the brother appeals.

The signed original of the will in question was never found. The principal contention...

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