LeGRAND, Justice.
The question to be decided is whether a joint instrument executed on November 10, 1954, by Thomas H. Ryder and Fannie Ryder, husband and wife, was a mutual will binding upon Thomas H. Ryder, who survived his wife and who later made a new testamentary disposition of property including provisions in favor of Vallie S. Ryder, whom he married following the death of Fannie. The trial court held the instrument to be a mutual will. We reverse.
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