§ 31-10 – Beneficiary competent witness; when interest rendered void.
31-10. Beneficiary competent witness; when interest rendered void. (a) A witness to an attested written or a nuncupative will, to whom or to whose spouse a beneficial interest in property, or a power of appointment with respect thereto, is given by the will, is nevertheless a competent witness to the will and is competent to […]
§ 31-10.1 – Corporate trustee not disqualified by witnessing of will by stockholder.
31-10.1. Corporate trustee not disqualified by witnessing of will by stockholder. A corporation named as a trustee in a will is not disqualified to act as trustee by reason of the fact that a person owning stock in the corporation signed the will as a witness. (1949, c. 44.)
§ 31-8.1 – Who may witness.
31-8.1. Who may witness. Any person competent to be a witness generally in this State may act as a witness to a will. (1953, c. 1098, s. 15.)
§ 31-9 – Executor competent witness.
31-9. Executor competent witness. No person, on account of being an executor of a will, shall be incompetent to be admitted a witness to prove the execution of such will, or to prove the validity or invalidity thereof. (R.C., c. 119, s. 9; Code, s. 2146; Rev., s. 3119; C.S., s. 4137.)