Chapter 597. relating to the record of wills in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 597.— An Act relating to the record of wills in the District of Columbia.July 9, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Record of wills to be prima facie evidence of contents, District of Columbia. That the record of any will or codicil heretofore or hereafter recorded in the office of the register of wills of the District of Columbia, which shall have been admitted to probate by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, or by the late orphans’ Court of said District, or the record of the transcript of the record and probate of any will or codicil FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 597, 598, 614. 1888.247 elsewhere, or of any certified copy thereof heretofore or hereafter filed in the office of said register of wills shall be prima facie evidence of the contents and due execution of such wills and codicils: *Provided*, That this act shall not apply in any cause now pending*Proviso*.Notto apply to pending causes. in any of the courts of the District of Columbia. Approved, July 9, 1888.