In Re Estate of Hull

Amy Eleanor Elizabeth Hull died on March 24th, 1931. Her niece, Elizabeth Carter Hull, had lived with her for many years until the aunt’s death, when she went to the safe- deposit box of her aunt at a local trust company, and removed from the box an envelope on which her aunt had written the words “my will,” and in which the niece found a number of paper writings, which, for the purpose of consideration, have been separated in four groups.

The niece was advised that the paper writings were not testamentary, and, in that belief, she applied for and was granted letters of administration on March…