Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 76A.djvu/79

–LXXIX– TABLE OF CONTENTS

LXXIX

CHAPTER 51—GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 901. 902. 903. 904.

Passage of title to decedent's property; possession; charges Jurisdiction and venue Conclusiveness of order granting letters Disqualification of judge for interest, etc

Page 576 576 577 577

CHAPTER 53—PROBATE OF WILLS SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec.

931. 932. 933. 934. 935. 936. 937. 938. 939. 940. 941. 942. 943.

Custodian to deliver will to court or executor; consequences of failure. _ Enforcing production of wills and attendance of witnesses Persons who may petition for probate Executor's renouncement of right to letters by failure to petition Proof of n u n c u p a t i v e will; limitations; time for reduction to writing; notice; subsequent proceedings Essential contents of petition for p r o b a t e; defects Notice of hearing; publication Notice to heirs and other interested parties Hearing proof of will and proof of service of notice P r o b a t e of wills not contested P r o b a t e of will detained outside Canal Zone Holographic wills Record of clerk upon admission to p r o b a t e SUBCHAPTER II

577 577 578 578 578 578 578 579 579 579 579 580 580

LOST OR DESTROYED WILLS

961. D u t y of court as to proof; notice; reduction of testimony to writing 962. Requisites of proof; fraud or public calamity; mentally incompetent person 963. Certification, recordation, and grant of letters 964. Restraining executor or administrator previously appointed pending petition SUBCHAPTER III

FOREIGN

580 580 580 580

WILLS-

981. Allowance and recordation of foreign will; place 982. Procedure; notice 983. Hearing; effect of probate of foreign will

580 580 581

C H A P T E R 55—CONTESTS OF WILLS SUBCHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1011. W h o may appear and contest a will SUBCHAPTER II

1031. 1032. 1033. 1034. 1035. 1036. 1037.

CONTESTS BEFORE PROBATE

Filing contest; motions; answer Trial; parties; issues triable by j u r y; waiver of jury Proof of execution of will; witnesses Verdict of j u r y; j u d g m e n t Testimony as future evidence Certificate of proof and facts Filing and recording will and certificate of proof SUBCHAPTER III

1061. 1062. 1063. 1064. 1065. 1066.

581

CONTESTS AFTER

581 582 582 582 582 582 583

PROBATE

Contest within one year; petition Citation Proof of service; trial; revocation of probate Effect of revocation upon executor or administrator Costs Conclusiveness of p r o b a t e; limitations; infants and persons of unsound mind 1067. Failure to contest as not precluding probate of another will

583 583 583 583 583 583 583

�