Presiding Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:
Section 4-3 of the Probate Act of 1975 (Act) requires that for a writing to be a valid will, it must be "signed by the testator or by some person in [her] presence and by [her] direction" (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 110½, par. 4-3). This case concerns a document admittedly handwritten by a decedent in all respects except in connection with the signature of witnesses. No contention is made that the document...
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