Disputes over wills have been around for centuries, and perhaps longer. One can imagine pre-civilization men coming to blows over the sticks, stones, and other tools of one of their deceased contemporaries. Take this quote from Voltaire, French author (1694 – 1778):
“Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.”
