Goriczynski v. Poston

In this appeal from a decree furnishing aid and direction to a decedent’s personal representative, the principal question deals with the effect of handwritten pen-and-ink changes made to a typewritten attested will subsequent to its execution.

Charles Roach McCowen, the testator and a resident of Norfolk, died September 4, 1989. The testator’s will, dated October 27, 1983, was probated by the clerk of the court below on September 6, 1989. John W. Newton, nominated in the will, qualified as executor of the estate giving bond in the sum of $1 million.

In September 1990, the executor filed the…