ESTATE OF BLAKE v. BENZA

No. 1 CA-CIV 3908.

120 Ariz. 552 (1978)

587 P.2d 271

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Harry J. BLAKE, Deceased, William Kozla, Gladys Kozla, Judith Sterbenz and Marilyn Tucker Hams, Appellants, v. LaVergne BENZA, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

November 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robinson, Karasek, Allen & Davis by David J. Karasek, Douglas E. Davis, Phoenix, for appellants.

Ivan Robinette, Phoenix, for appellee.


OPINION

WREN, Judge.

The primary issue raised in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in admitting into probate a letter as a holographic will. We find no error in the admission and, therefore, affirm the trial court.

The decedent, Harry J. Blake, was raised in Chicago by an aunt and married one of the aunt's daughters, Edna. Edna's sister, Gladys Kozla, her husband William, and their daughters, Judith...

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