ETHRIDGE, J.
This is a contest over the authenticity of a holographic will. Mrs. Emma C. Rumley died at her home in Meridian on April 18, 1957. Her husband had predeceased her and they had no children. Her heirs were two sisters and a brother, the parties to this litigation.
After Mrs. Rumley's death, appellant, Mrs. Lena Hillman, allegedly found on the deceased's desk a will written cross-wise on a small, ruled sheet of notebook paper, as follows:
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