Berry v. Trible

OPINION BY Justice BARBARAMILANO KEENAN.

In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court erred in confirming a jury verdict that a handwritten phrase and notation, made on a typewritten draft of a will containing many other handwritten entries, constituted a valid holographic will.

This issue arises out of a will contest between a niece and a sister of the decedent, Louise Trible St. Martin (Louise). Tamara Mowbray Berry (Tamara), Louise's niece, claimed that an attested document executed in 1993 (the 1993 will), which ultimately resulted in Tamara being the executor and sole beneficiary…