In Re Estate of Henrietta K. Fegley

In 1968, Arthur Fegley, the proponent of the will and the appellee here, was divorced from Henrietta Fegley. Henrietta died in February of 1977, and in November of 1977 Arthur filed with the probate court a handwritten instrument which he alleged to be Henriettas holographic will. Wilhemina Friedholm, claiming to an heir of Henriettas, objected to the instrument. The parties have stipulated that the document was written by Henrietta. The instrument is not subscribed with Henriettas signature, even though it ends with the notation: "Witness my hand this 16th day of September, 1976." However, her name does appear in the handwritten exordium clause: