MATTER OF WILL OF CARTER


565 A.2d 933 (1989)

In the Matter of the Purported Last WILL and Testament OF Russell M. CARTER.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided September 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry A. Heiman, of Heiman, Aber & Goldlust, Wilmington, for appellant Elizabeth Galvin.

Roger A. Akin (argued), Daniel R. Losco, of Sawyer & Akin, P.A., Wilmington, for appellee Ruth Ann Necastro.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., MOORE and HOLLAND, JJ.


MOORE, Justice.

This appeal is from a ruling of the Court of Chancery that a will and codicil (the "1979 will") of the decedent, Russell W. Carter, satisfied the execution requirements of 12 Del.C. § 202 and should be admitted to probate.1 The Vice Chancellor found that Carter's technical mistakes in attempting to execute the instruments were cured by the contemporaneous execution...

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