In re Estate of Richardson

Foote, C.

This appeal is taken from a judgment or decree denying the petition for the probate of a will, and refusing to allow letters of administration with the will annexed to be issued.

That which is propounded as a will is a letter written and sent in due course of mail by the deceased in his lifetime from Los Angeles, California, to his sister, Mrs. Hardee, in Savannah, Georgia. It reads thus: —

“Los Angeles, Cal., October 1, 1890.

“ Nina, — I wrote you yesterday, hastily; answer my letter at once; I want to know everything about mother, and all about you, — your children. I have reached the…