Bell v. Timmins

Appellant contends that the Chancellor committed reversible error in permitting an alleged holograph will of Mary Halihan Gilroy to be probated, because some of the words in the paper writing were conceded to have been written by another.

The will, with the words not written by the testatrix on separate lines and in parentheses, is as follows:

“I Mary Halihan Gilroy of Richmond Virginia do make Publish and declare this to be my last Will and testament and do hereby revoke all other Wills by me at any time (I) (I possess in equal Shares) heretofore made i leave all / to John Gilroy in equal…