Alexander v. Jones

By JUDGE L. PAUL BYRNE

The decedent, Joseph L. Alexander, Sr., died on February 16, 1978, and by his last will and testament dated August 31, 1964, named First and Merchants National Bank as Executor and Trustee. On June 2, 1978, First and Merchants National Bank qualified as Executor and offered for probate the will as well as a holographic letter dated December 20, 1977, from the decedent to Mr. Edgar Andrews of the Trust Department of First and Merchants purporting to be a valid codicil to such will. The Clerk of this Court admitted the attested will and the holographic letter to probate.

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