In re Estate of Richardson

This appeal is taken from a judgment or decree denying the petition for the probate of a will, and refusing to allow letters of administration with the will annexed to be issued.

That which is propounded as a will is a letter written and sent in due course of mail by the deceased in his lifetime from Los Angeles, California, to his sister, Mrs. Hardee, in Savannah, Georgia. It reads thus: —

“ Nina, — I wrote you yesterday, hastily; answer my letter at once; I want to know everything about mother, and all about you, — your children. I have reached the point of perfect independence, pecuniarily. My health is probably ruined, and I want to anticipate possibilities. You and your children get everything. Your boy I want given the best of educations. I would like him to go to Harvard. I would like to have him a lawyer; don’t bring him up a prejudiced Southerner; but teach honor; make it dearer than life, and he must, with the blood in his veins, be a man. Write me. As soon as I possibly can, I will be in Savannah. Brother.”

We think it necessary to determine but one point made by the appellant, which is, that the second conclusion of law is not warranted by the findings. It reads…