Brown v. Martin

INZER, Justice:

This is an appeal from the decree of the Chancery Court of Oktibbeha County wherein that court by its decree refused to admit to probate an instrument offered as the holographic will of Louis William Martin, deceased, for the reason that it was conditional in its operation and effect, and contingent upon decedent being killed or dying in an accident.

Martin died of natural causes on May 5, 1963, never having married, and his sole heirs at law are two brothers and two sisters, namely, Frank T. Martin, Sr., Roy Martin, Mrs. Lelia Martin Williams, and Mrs. Ruth Martin Hill. After…