Perry v. Aldrich

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

Mi-s. Marie Balfour O’Kelley died on October 17, 1963, at the age of 81 years, leaving a will dated February 23, 1957, which named her niece, Mrs. Elizabeth Balfour Franklin Aldrich, as executrix. This will was admitted to probate in common form by a decree of the Chancery Court of Adams County of October 21. 1963, and Mrs. Al-drich was appointed and qualified as executrix. Thereafter, Fred Perry, a neighbor of Mrs. O’Kelley, probated in common form before the chancery court clerk an alleged holographic will signed by Mrs. O’Kelley on June 24, 1961. It named Perry as…