Wolfe v. Snyder

EICHER, Chief Justice.

The following propositions of law pertinent to the inquiry in this case seem to me to be settled without substantial conflict:

1. That statutes similar to D.C.Code, § 19 — 103 authorize revocation of a portion of a will by cancellation of a portion upon the face of the will by the testator with intent to revoke such portion, leaving the remainder of the will unaffected, if such *229remainder standing alone be an understandable testamentary expression of the testator;

2. That partial cancellations will be regarded as a final act of revocation by the testatrix in the absence of…