Focus (Forum & Focus)
Mar. 20, 2008
Bill Would Bring Consistency to the Statutory Scheme for Wills
Forum Column - By By Paul Buchberg - AB 2248 brings consistency and rationality to the statutory scheme concerning wills.
By Paul Buchberg
This article appears on Page 6.
In a case that is now 242 years old, Simon v. Metivier, 96 Eng.Rep. 347 (K.B. 1766), it was stated: "Had the Statute of Frauds been always carried into execution according to the letter, it would have done ten times more mischief than it has done good, by protecting, rather than by preventing, frauds." Two years ago, in Estate of Saueressig, ...
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