Welcher v. Houston

Elizabeth Louise Miller was murdered on or about the third day of July, 1921. She left surviving her a mother, three sisters and two brothers. On August 16, 1922, there was filed in the district court an instrument dated January 29, 1921, purporting to be the last will, holographic in form, of Elizabeth Louise Miller. On August 24, 1922, a petition was filed in which the instrument was offered for probate by the contestee, Bertha Josephine Houston, a sister of deceased. Prior to the hearing on the petition the right to receive the purported will was contested by A. E. Farley, Esq., as…