Questão jurídica principal
Whether the holographic will satisfied the formal requirements of Art. 505(1) CC despite lacking a signature at the end.
Decisão extraída
No. A holographic will must be handwritten and signed by the testator at the end; the name at the beginning and the wording of the text did not replace the required signature.
Fundamentação extraída
The signature serves not only identification but also confirmation that the testator adopted the text as final. The Court reaffirmed its case law and the dominant doctrine: a name in the heading does not certify completion of the testamentary act, distinguish a draft from a final will, or cure the absence of a concluding signature.