In Re the Estate of Tinker

Annie R. Tinker, a resident of Suffolk county, died on February 1, 1924. She left her surviving her mother, Louise Larocque Arnold, and her brother, Edward L. Tinker. She attempted to dispose of all of her property by a holographic will which was signed at Naples, Italy, on June 27, 1918.

In the alleged will she bequeathed all her property, both real and personal, for life to her friend Kate Darling Nelson (who has since married and who was referred to on the argument and is designated in the record and in this opinion as Madame Bertolini), with the provision that upon her death the property…