# Trivia Dominoes II — Play Off the Last Bit of Trivia — continued! (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950 "2020-01-25T08:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5416
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On June 8, 1948, a farmer was pinned under his tractor in an accident in Rosetown, Saskatchewan. He used his pocketknife to scratch this on the fender of the tractor: > [@](#): > > “In case I die in this mess I leave all to the wife. Cecil Geo Harris” The tractor fender was entered into probate and approved as a valid holograph (handwritten) will. When the courthouse closed sometime ago, the fender and the penknife were tranferred to the custody of the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, where it is on display. > **[Dying Saskatchewan farmer’s will goes down in history | Globalnews.ca](https://globalnews.ca/news/926746/dying-sk-farmers-will-goes-down-in-history/)** > > The story of a Saskatchewan farmer and the infamous tractor fender will told by the last surviving witness. Which some time ago triggered an SDMB thread with apparently the most unclear thread title ever, judging from the comments of posters: > [@65th Anniversary of Will on Tractor Fender by Dying Farmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/65th-anniversary-of-will-on-tractor-fender-by-dying-farmer/672304): > > It’s a famous Saskatchewan wills case: a farmer, trapped under a tractor, scratched his will into the fender with a penknife: The will and the penknife were entered as evidence in court, which granted probate. The tractor fender will has apparently been cited many times in probate cases and texts around the world. The last witness to the events is now 80 years old; at 15, he helped to free the trapped farmer, who died a day later in hospital. The University of Saskatchewan is having a 65t… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950)._