...On February 24, 1995, the circuit court declared the holographic will of Evelyn Foster, dated.....The appellant contends that her mother's holographic will is legible, coherent, and capable of.....3In Syllabus Point 1 of Teubert, this Court recognized three requirements for a valid holographic will..
http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/docs/spring96/23054.htm (score=100)

Converted WP file 24969
...Ellison's will, and by order dated June 26, 1995, the lower court ruled that the will could be considered a valid holographic will by.....The third and final requirement for a valid holographic will in our jurisdiction is that the writing.....Where a holographic will contains words not in the handwriting of the testator, such words may be..
http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/DOCS/Spring98/24969.htm (score=100)

Fall 1992 Opinion
...A holographic writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Walter Clark, dated.....The writing of his name by the maker of a holographic instrument in its first line is an.....Although Walter Clark did not sign the will in the presence of the witnesses, he declared..
http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/docs/spring92/20475.htm (score=56)

Ruble v. Ruble, et al., No. 32506
...We have recognized that there are often complications in ascertaining the validity of a will, particularly that of a holographic.....The third and final requirement for a valid holographic will in our jurisdiction is that the writing.....The third and final requirement for a valid holographic will in our jurisdiction is that the writing..
http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/docs/spring05/32506.htm (score=54)

...In the absence of a statute to the contrary, abandonment will not bar a surviving spouse.....At the time the will was executed, the dower rights of a husband or wife were barred if.....2d 678 (1996) (interpreting the language in a holographic will). On the other hand, when..
http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/docs/spring97/23423.htm (score=32)

Painter v. Coleman, etc., No. 30255
...In Weiss, this Court similarly prevented the technical terms of a holographic will from.....Wherever possible to bring into operation a testator's intention, a court will give such construction to a will as to bring.....In construing a will, effect must be given to every word of the will, if any sensible..
http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/docs/Spring02/30255.htm (score=9)

Painter v. Coleman, etc., No. 30255
...In Weiss, this Court similarly prevented the technical terms of a holographic will from.....Wherever possible to bring into operation a testator's intention, a court will give such construction to a will as to bring.....In construing a will, effect must be given to every word of the will, if any sensible..
http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/docs/spring02/30255.htm (score=9)

Converted WP file 25336
...The complaint alleges that their grandfather, in his will, left their father a life estate.....Paragraph Six of his holographic will reads as follows: “Sixth: I bequeath my bank stock.....s will in 1967 and should, therefore, have issued their father a life estate in the bank..
http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/DOCS/Spring99/25336.htm (score=9)