Walpole v. Lewis

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Lillie Walpole brings this appeal from a judgment of a probate court holding that certain attempted deletions in one paragraph of a purported will of Lovie Harris were ineffective because the result of eliminating the words stricken would increase the estate that appellant would take. She asserts two points for reversal: first, that the holographic will requires no attestation, and, second, that the “strike outs” and obliterations made by the testatrix on her will operate only as a revocation of the parts stricken and obliterated without the necessity of any…