Richards Will

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

This appeal raises the question of whether the hereinafter-quoted holographic writing is a will.

Maud T. Richards died on August 9, 1967. Two days later Miriam Becker, the decedent’s niece, petitioned the Register of Wills for letters of administration c.t.a. and offered for probate an undated document which purported to be decedent’s will. It was written on the back of an envelope, and read as follows:

*7“Will

Notify Miriam Becker to take care of me and my things for her use if I pass away Maud T. Richards”

This will,* which had been in the possession of Miriam…