Estate of Wallace

Appeal from an order admitting a holographic instrument, dated April 16, 1942, to probate as the last will and testament of James T. Wallace, deceased, and appointing Eula Greene Wallace, administratrix with the will annexed, and from a minute order denying admission of a prior will, dated December 7, 1939. Appellants, Lottie C. Heath and Mary Jane Wallace, are beneficiaries under the prior will. Respondent is the surviving widow. Decedent died February 20,1949, in the county of Los Angeles.

The document admitted to probate was found in decedent’s safe deposit box after his death. It was…