Nicley v. Nicley

This is a will contest involving the holographic will of Pearlie Nicley, a spinster, who died in Grainger County, Tennessee, on March 27, 1952, leaving both personal and real property. Named as beneficiaries in the will were a brother, W. M. Nicley, the contestant herein, and several nieces and nephews, including Curtis Nicley, who, after the will was probated in common form in the County Court of Grainger County, was named as Administrator, with the will annexed, of the deceased’s estate.

The will, which the undisputed proof of four witnesses showed was written entirely in the handwriting of…