Saturday, January 14, 2012

Transparency, long ago

This post from Ann Althouse's weblog, intended to make a humorous point, depicts a practice from long ago: publishing the last will and testament of a recently deceased person on the front page of the local hometown newspaper. Once filed with the probate court, it is a public record, after all.

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