Martin v. Taylor

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decree of the Chancery Court of Shelby County, construing the will and codicil of Dr. W. D. Horne, who died on October 7, 1925, in Shelby County, Tennessee.

Both the will and codicil of Dr. Horne are holographs and were admitted to probate on April 3, 1926, in the Probate Court of Shelby County, Tennessee. The will is as follows:

“Brunswick Sept. 18th 1902

Knowing the uncertainty of life I make this my last will and testament after all of my debts are paid I will and be-quath to my Beloved Wife Emma D Horne the place known as the Tom Rhodes place…