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525.242 SECONDARY EVIDENCE.
If no subscribing witness competent to testify resides in the state at the time appointed for
proving the will, the court may admit the testimony of other witnesses to prove the capacity of the
testator and the execution of the will, and as evidence of such execution may admit proof of the
handwriting of the testator and of the subscribing witnesses.
History: (8992-55) 1935 c 72 s 55
If no subscribing witness competent to testify resides in the state at the time appointed for
proving the will, the court may admit the testimony of other witnesses to prove the capacity of the
testator and the execution of the will, and as evidence of such execution may admit proof of the
handwriting of the testator and of the subscribing witnesses.
History: (8992-55) 1935 c 72 s 55
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