KRAESKI v. CLARKE

No. 7142.

101 F.2d 673 (1938)

KRAESKI v. CLARKE.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur G. Lambert, Arthur R. Murphy, and George L. Hart, Jr., all of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Bion B. Libby and Ernest F. Williams, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and VINSON, Associate Justices.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, a niece of John Clark, deceased, filed in the District Court a caveat to his will. The court submitted the question of testamentary capacity to the jury, which found that there was capacity; but the court directed a verdict for appellee on the questions of fraud and undue influence. The question is whether that direction was error.

The will left an estate of some $6,000 to appellant's brother, who is the appellee, and his wife. Appellant...

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