Napkin’s A Valid Will: Judge

A hastily-scrawled note on a McDonald’s napkin is a valid will, says the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench. The ruling came in the case of a Yorkton widower who reached for a pen after complaining of chest pains while having coffee: ‘He thought he was having a heart attack, a time when one’s mind would reasonably turn to estate planning.’

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