Powell v. Holland

We are asked to review a decree which construed the will of Pattie Barnes Holland (Pattie) to devise a fee simple estate in certain real property to her husband, Hardy J. Holland (Hardy).

The subject property is an undivided 1 /9 interest in the “Jones property” which Pattie inherited from Hendricks T. Jones in 1927. Pattie’s holographic will, dated September 3, 1946, and admitted to probate shortly after her death in 1956, provided as follows:

I make this my last will

I give to my husband Hardy Holland my lot on the corner Linden Ae and West Wasington St Suffolk

I also give him all of my house…