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Wills-Holographic-Evidence As To Testamentary Intent, Alan P. Goldstein S. Ed.
Wills-Holographic-Evidence As To Testamentary Intent, Alan P. Goldstein S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The deceased had in her possession, at the time of her death, an envelope entitled 'Will of Ella McNair." The envelope contained three separate sheets of paper dated some nineteen months prior to Ella's death, upon which was written, entirely in the hand of the deceased, what purported to be a will. The document opened with the statement "I, Ella McNair . . . do hereby make my last will." The exordium was followed by fifteen specific bequests, and then the writing ended abruptly at the middle of the back of the third sheet. At the top of the second …