Lovskog

This is an appeal by persons claiming to be the’ brother and sister and heirs at law of one Gustaf Lanart, deceased, from a judgment of the District Court of the Territory of Alaska, Division No. 1, which set aside an order of the Probate Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division No. 1, denying admission to probate of a document alleged to be the holographic will of the deceased.

Gustav Lanart Lofskog was born in Sweden and resided in Alaska from about April 1, 1912, until the time of his death. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States December 16, 1918, and at that time he changed his name to Gustaf Lanart. For some time prior to 1936 he was employed as a watchman at a cannery owned by Pacific *672 American Fisheries, located on Gambier Bay, Alaska. He lived in a wanigan, a house built on a scow. On or about December 10, 1936, the body of Gustaf Lanart was found at or near his wanigan. The cannery had been closed for many years and Lanart lived alone as watchman there. His solitude was broken only by chance passers-by, or by an occasional trip to Juneau for supplies.

From the bill of exceptions and exhibits it appears that during his lifetime Gustaf Lanart availed…