Fair v. Harrison

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.

This appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of Carroll County raises the issue of whether an otherwise valid holographic will is void because it has no date, where the statute requires none. The chancery court correctly held that it is not.

David L. Harrison, Jr., a resident citizen of Tennessee, owned extensive farming interests in the States of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. His will was admitted to probate in Tennessee. The present action is an ancillary proceeding in his estate, with the principal administration in Shelby County, Tennessee. On May 5, 1969,…