Watkins v. Boykin

OPINION

PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

In this will contest, the trial Court admitted to probate a handwritten instrument as the last will of Benjamin Edmund Watkins. Admission to probate was opposed on the grounds that the instrument was not a will. Questions presented on appeal are whether or not the instrument evidenced testamentary intent and whether a portion of the instrument could be admitted as a will when the entire instrument was not wholly in the handwriting of the maker.

R. Wright Watkins, Sr., Mertis Delia Watkins and Georgia Watkins, heirs of Benjamin Edmund Watkins, are contestants, and…