Strong v. O'Neal

Carley, Justice.

After the death of Robert Harris (Testator) in 2000, Mary J. O’Neal (Propounder) presented for probate in solemn form a will bearing his purported signature and the date of May 1, 1998. The document provided that 100% of the estate would go to Bessie Harris, Testator’s mother, and 100% to Propounder or to the survivor of them. Because Ms. Harris died in 1993, some five years before the date on the instrument, admitting it to probate would result in Pro-pounder taking the entire estate as the only survivor of the two named beneficiaries. See OCGA § 53-4-64 (a); Collier v. C&S…