Payne v. Rice

Clara Ellen Rice, a resident of Arlington County, died on December 30, 1966. A holograph writing was admitted to probate as her last will and testament by the clerk of the Circuit Court of Arlington County on January 12, 1967. An appeal from this order of probate was taken by instituting this chancery suit in the Circuit Court of Arlington County.

A jury having been waived, the trial court, on an issue devisavit vel non, after hearing evidence ore tenus, held in its written opinion that the paper writing was the last will and testament of Clara Ellen Rice and was entitled to probate. A decree…