Lee v. Gilliam

OPINION

in which CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., J., WILLIAM H. INMAN, Sr. J., joined.

A typewritten document and a handwritten document prepared later in time were offered for probate. The Trial Court rejected the handwritten document and admitted the typewritten document to probate as the Last Will and Testament of Deceased. On appeal, we reverse.

In this action, the issue before the Trial Court, as well as this Court, is which of two Wills was the last Will of the Testatrix, Kathleen Lee Meade, (“decedent”). Decedent was a widow with no children, who died on May 4, 2002, at age 79.

The petitioner…