Ruth v. Jester

The holographic will of Thomas M. Hughes was probated before the clerk of the trial court on November 10, 1954, and Royston Jester, Jr. qualified as administrator c.t.a. Thereafter Virginia Hughes Ruth appealed the probate proceedings and upon a hearing the chancellor entered an order admitting the will to probate. Whereupon the administrator c.t.a. brought this suit to construe the will, malting all parties in interest defendants thereto. Upon submission of the case, the chancellor entered the decree complained of holding the will “void and of no effect for vagueness and uncertainty in any…