In the Matter of the Estate of MARY MILLER PITCAIRN, Deceased. EDGAR R. BOYDEN et al., Respondents, v. CAROLINE PITCAIRN REIMANN et al., Appellants

Holding

The court held that the presumption of due execution of a will arises from proof of the genuineness of the signatures of the testator and the subscribing witnesses, and that this presumption constitutes independent evidence which a trial court may weigh against—and find sufficient to overcome—the positive, adverse testimony of those same attesting witnesses, even in the absence of a formal attestation clause.