Show A husband Signa tore void A very annons case ii thich a hus abanil executed a wib had been prepared for his bif tui wife exe coteil a will which id been prepared tor her husband h recently been decided by the general berm of the supreme court of this state john and jane nel son being husband and wife wanted to make wills each m favor of tho other and employed william coane to pre paro tha instrument which ha did in due form the wills were read and placed epou the table for signature each then deigned one of the wills made the requisite declaration as to the of the instrument and asked the subscribing witnesses to sign after execution the wills were sealed up in un en delope which was not opened until afeei the husbands death when it was dis covered for the first time that each had by mistake signed the will intended for tio other the wife brought a suit in the supreme court to correct her bus bands m signing the wrong will by forming reforming re the language of the will which he did actually execute EC as to make it conform to that which he intended to execute her complaint was dismissed it the special term however and the appellate branch of the supreme court holds that the dismissal was right mr justice martin in the opinion of the general term says in substance that there is n will to correct because the husband did not make an will at all the inspru ment that he was his will and of no more legal significance than if it had been a blank piece of pa per no precisely similar case ia re ported m this state but there aro eng hah and pennsylvania decisions m point adverse to the position of the wife albany argus |