Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Buckley
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 3, 1976No. 76-1078PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge
This appeal presents, in effect, a conundrum: When is a holographic will not a holographic will?
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Dorothy Davenport Buckley died on October 7,1975. She left two purported wills. One, executed on March 29, 1972, gave her estate to a variety of charitable institutions. It was typewritten, dated, and signed by Mrs. Buckley and by witnesses, and therefore complied with 15 V.I.C. § 13. The other document was executed on June 21, 1975. It, too, left her estate to charity. This second will was wholly handwritten and, for the purposes of this appeal, we assume…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Joseph Berkeley v. West Indies Enterprises, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Bert L. Paiewonsky v. Ralph M. PaiewonskyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- In re the Estate of ZaiacNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In Re the Probate of the Will of DoddsNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- People ex rel. Wysocki v. WebsterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Brown v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2008
- Ingvoldstad v. Estate of YoungDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1982
- In the Matter of the Estate of Dorothy D. Buckley, Deceased. Appeal of Ethel Paiewonsky, a and the Roman Catholic Church, Prelature of the Virgin Islands, Inc., a Purported BeneficiaryCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Guadalupe v. BallentineSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 1995