McKee v. Johnson

CAMMACK, Judge.

This action involves the construction of the holographic will of David C. McKee, who died in 1945. The will follows:

“In case of my death, I bequeath all my property or cash or savings accounts to my wife, Mary S. McKee,

“(signed) David C. McKee”

After Mary McKee’s death in 1954, the appellee, Mrs. Lola Johnson, executrix of her estate, instituted this action against the appellants, parents of David McKee, alleging that David McKee’s will passed the absolute title to all personal and real property owned by the testator to his wife, Mary McKee. The appellants claimed that the…