WALPOLE v. LEWIS

No. 5-6198.

492 S.W.2d 410 (1973)

Lillie WALPOLE, Appellant, v. Irene Kelly LEWIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. A. Hardin, Little Rock, for appellant.

Curtis E. Rickard, Benton, for appellee.


FOGLEMAN, Justice.

Lillie Walpole brings this appeal from a judgment of a probate court holding that certain attempted deletions in one paragraph of a purported will of Lovie Harris were ineffective because the result of eliminating the words stricken would increase the estate that appellant would take. She asserts two points for reversal: first, that the holographic will requires no attestation, and, second, that the "strike outs" and obliterations made by the testatrix...

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