Edmundson v. Estate of Fountain

I disagree stmajority’s ice, that Ms. Fountain’s “Last Will” contained “absolutely no words of testamentary intent.” The majority states that, without testamentary intent ascertainable from the face of the document, extrinsic evidence may not be admitted. In fact, the case law cited by the majority leads one to believe that the document in question contains testamentary language sufficient to allow the trial court to consider extrinsic evidence in order to determine whether testamentary intent can be ascertained. For these reasons, I would reverse and remand in order to allow the trial court…