Weisker v. Phippen

This is an appeal from a judgment denying probate of 17 handwritten notebook and binder sheets which were offered as the last will and testament of Cecelia Phippen. The decedent’s son, Ellis R. Weisker, is the appellant and proponent of the alleged holographic will, and her other son, H. Warner Phippen, is the respondent and contestant.

The decedent died on February 1, 1962, leaving as her sole heirs at law and next of kin her two adult half-brother sons. The 17 handwritten sheets of paper were found during an examination of the decedent’s personal belongings which took place some time after…