164 So. 3d 1131 - Dorough v. Ricks’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““The certified copy of the will filed with the trial court by the Autauga Probate Court shows what may be a circular impression near the notary public’s signature, and, ⅝ it is indeed a circular impression, it is possible that that circular impression is the notary public’s official seal; however, even when the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to Ricks, it is not sufficiently clear from the certified copy of the will that what may be a circular impression near the notary public’s signature is indeed the notary public’s official seal to meet Ricks’s burden of making a prima facie showing that the notary public’s official seal is affixed to the will. The original of the will, which would be the best evidence of whether the notary public’s official seal is affixed to the will, was not introduced into evidence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dorough v. Ricks

2. ““(1) [T]hat it is only the testimony of the subscribing witnesses reduced to writing by the probate judge pursuant to what is now § 4B-8-169, Ala.Code 1975, that is probative regarding the issue whether the will was validly executed, (2) that the probate court’s order admitting the will to probate has no probative value regarding the issue whether the will was validly executed, and (3) that the probate court’s order admitting the will to probate is only admissible for the limited purpose of giving direction as to the procedure to be followed in the circuit court and support for the circuit court’s jurisdiction over the will contest.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dorough v. Ricks

3. ““ ‘The Court finds that the said instrument was made self-proving at the time of its execution by acknowledgment of [Joseph] and the affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths and evi denced by the officer’s certifícate, under official seal, attached to or following the will in the form required by law; and further finds that there has been no showing of fraud, forgery, undue influence or unsound mind of [Joseph].’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dorough v. Ricks