Matter of Will of Palmer

The Chancery Court of Sunflower County entered its decree admitting the Will attached hereto as Annex A to probate in solemn form. The decree probated the Will in its original form together with a Codicil which named another Executor. From this decree, appellants, who are some of the heirs-at-law of the Testator, appealed. The principal appellee here is one of the charitable beneficiaries named in the Will.

The Testator, a college graduate, and his wife executed virtually identical Wills on April 1, 1968, with the only difference between the Wills being that where he named her as the…