McElroy v. Rolston

Alice Wright, a maiden lady 77 years of age, who lived at Mt. Clinton, Rockingham county, Virginia, died on Feb*79ruary 25, 1941, at the Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, Virginia. She left an estate of about $9,000, consisting of a farm of 77 acres and some personal property.

After her death there was found in a locked secret drawer in her desk at her home a paper wholly in her handwriting, written with pen and ink, on one side of a lined sheet of legal cap paper, covering approximately two-thirds of the page. That writing contains the following language, in Unes and paragraphs as…