A testator may nominate one heir or many heirs. The appointment of an executor only becomes effective after the death of the testator. Some bequests do not vest immediately upon death of the testator. There is a rebuttable presumption that the testator is competent. There is no general duty on the testator to leave anything to his surviving spouse. The defendant in the case was Elmer E. Palmer, grandson to the testator. The liability of the heir to the debts of the testator varied during different periods. Instead, an agreement made between the testator and trustees elsewhere. It must be entirely written, dated, and signed in the handwriting of the testator. Section 18 revokes the will in the event of the marriage of the testator. The whole property of the testator could not be alienated. More generally, the problem is proving that the testator intended to create a trust.