Jessup v. Jessup

This appeal involves the validity of an order of the clerk of the court below, subsequently affirmed by that court, admitting to probate a holographic instrument dated August 1, 1960, as the last will and testament of Betty Sue Jessup, deceased. Plaintiffs, Philip S. Jessup, II, and Elizabeth H. Jessup Smith, are among the heirs-at-law of the decedent, they being two of the children of her deceased brother, Philip Jessup. The defendants are the executor of the decedent’s estate, her other heirs-at-law, and those persons identified as possible legatees under the holographic instrument…