bsequent act
proceeds to say that every will shall, as far only as regards the
position of the signature of the testator, or of the person signing for
him, be deemed valid if the signature shall be so placed at, or after,
or following, or under, or beside, or opposite to the end of the will,
that it shall be apparent on the face of it that the testator intended
to give it effect by such signature. Under this clause, a will of
several sheets, all of which were duly signed, except the last one, has
been refused probate; while, on the other hand, a similar document has
been admitted to probate where the last sheet only, and none of the
other sheets, was signed. In order to be perfectly formal, however, each
separate sheet should be numbered, signed, and witnessed, and attested
on the last sheet. This witnessing is an important act: the witnesses
must subscribe it in the presence of the testator and of each other; and
by their signature they testify to having witnessed the signature of the
testator, he being in sound mind at the time. Wills made under any kind
of coercion, or even importunity may become void, being contrary to the
wishes of the testator. Fraud or imposition also renders a will void,
and where two wills made by the same person happen to exist, neither of
them dated, the maker of the wills is declared to have died intestate.

2736. A will may always be revoked and annulled, but only by burning or
entirely destroying the writing, or by adding a codicil, or making a
subsequent will duly attested; but as the alteration of a will is only a
revocation to the extent of the alteration, if it is intended to revoke
the original will entirely, such intention should be declared,--no
merely verbal directions can revoke a written will; and the act of
running the pen through the signatures, or down the page, is not
sufficient to cancel it, without a written declaration to that effect
signed and witnessed.

2737. A will made before marriage is revoked thereby.

2738. A codicil is a supplement or addition to a will, either explaining
or altering former dispositions; it may be written on the same or
separate paper, and is to be witnessed and attested in the same manner
as the original document.

2739. WITNESSES.--Any persons are qualified to witness a will who can
write their names; but such witness cannot be benefitted by the will. If
a legacy is granted to the persons witnessing, it is void. The same rule
applies to the