Guaranty National Bank v. Morris

This is an appeal by Virginia Nichol, and others, from an order of the Circuit Court of Cabell County declaring that a certain holographic document, purporting to be the will of Lucy B. Eneix, was not, in truth, a valid will. The appellants claim that the document was a valid will and that it should be construed so as to establish certain individuals as the residual legatees of Lucy B. Eneix’ estate. While we believe that the document is a valid holographic will, we find that it does not contain a valid residuary clause.

On June 7, 1982, Lucy B. Eneix, a widow who had no living descendants,…