No? I think of at least one 19th Century short story from high school that had aspects of this, less the deceased leaving someone to speak for him, than a frien

No? I think of at least one 19th Century short story from high school that had aspects of this, less the deceased leaving someone to speak for him, than a friend more or less volunteering. And one could regard it as a slight modification of the will-reading scenes in many Victorian novels.