Noyes v. Gerard
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Yellowstone County; Sydney Fox, Judge. In the Matter of the estate of Horace A. Noyes, deceased. Contest by plaintiff, John S. Noyes, of a writing filed by defendant, Sarah Gerard, with a petition to probate it as the holographic will of deceased. From a judgment for plaintiff defendant appeals. Statement oe the Case, by the Justice Delivering the Opinion.
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Appeal from District Court, Yellowstone County; Sydney Fox, Judge. In the Matter of the estate of Horace A. Noyes, deceased. Contest by plaintiff, John S. Noyes, of a writing filed by defendant, Sarah Gerard, with a petition to probate it as the holographic will of deceased. From a judgment for plaintiff defendant appeals. Statement oe the Case, by the Justice Delivering the Opinion. After the final judgment had been entered in the cause entitled In re Noyes’ Estate, ante, p. 178, 105 Pac. 1013, the defendant, Sarah Gerard, filed a petition in the district court of Yellowstone county asking…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
While the statement sets forth in form three questions for decision, they are all, in substance, the same, and may be incorporated in the single inquiry, to-wit: Is the instrument in question “entirely written, dated, and signed by the hand of the testator himself,” so as to constitute it a valid holographic will within the rule prescribed by the statute? Section 4727 of the Revised Codes declares: “A holographic will is one that is entirely written, dated and signed by the hand of the testator himself. It is subject to no other form, and may be made in or out of this state, and need not be…
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