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Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business 19th Edition by John Ashcroft,Katherine Ashcroft,Martha Patterson
Edition 19ISBN: 978-1305654921Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business 19th Edition by John Ashcroft,Katherine Ashcroft,Martha Patterson
Edition 19ISBN: 978-1305654921 Exercise 24
William Melton executed a formal will consisting of two forms which Melton and three witnesses signed. Some years later, he handwrote a letter to a close friend, which read:
" I am on the way home from Mom's funeral. Mom died from an auto accident so I thought I had better leave something in writing so that you Alberta Kelleher will receive my entire estate. I do not want my brother Larry J. Melton or Vicki Palm or any of my other relatives to have one penny of my estate." [his italics]
The letter was dated and signed by Melton, but Kelleher predeceased Melton. Assume the jurisdiction recognized holographic wills. Is this letter a valid will, or codicil? What would you argue on behalf of William's only child, Vicki Palm?
" I am on the way home from Mom's funeral. Mom died from an auto accident so I thought I had better leave something in writing so that you Alberta Kelleher will receive my entire estate. I do not want my brother Larry J. Melton or Vicki Palm or any of my other relatives to have one penny of my estate." [his italics]
The letter was dated and signed by Melton, but Kelleher predeceased Melton. Assume the jurisdiction recognized holographic wills. Is this letter a valid will, or codicil? What would you argue on behalf of William's only child, Vicki Palm?
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Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business 19th Edition by John Ashcroft,Katherine Ashcroft,Martha Patterson
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