The 'righteousness of the transaction' requirement in the suspicious circumstances doctrine means that there was no unrighteousness in the conduct of the person who procured the will, not that the will was wise or just. A suspicious circumstance need not be temporally related to the preparation or execution of the will; post-execution concealment may cast a revealing light backwards on the circumstances of the will's creation. Where the solicitor drawing the will never met or communicated with the testatrix, instructions came solely from a major beneficiary, and only interested persons were present at execution, the onus on the proponents is very heavy and may be virtually impossible to discharge.
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