IN RE ESTATE OF BILELLO

No. 48249.

317 So.2d 916 (1975)

In re ESTATE OF Grace K. BILELLO, Deceased. Lelia K. SMITH and Nancy Kirby Mabry v. Lloyd C. BILELLO.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bell & McBee, Greenwood, for appellant.

Odom, Odom & McCain, Luke J. Schissel, Greenwood, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, ROBERTSON and BROOM, JJ.


Broom, Justice.

A holographic will was denied probate by the Chancery Court of Leflore County. Lelia K. Smith and another beneficiary of the will appeal. We affirm.

The chief issue is whether or not the chancellor erred in applying to the will the doctrine of presumptive invalidity because of a confidential relationship between the testatrix and her sister, a beneficiary.

The testimony established the following facts. On May 15, 1953, Grace K. Bilello...

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