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MacMILLAN v. KNOST

No. 7828.

126 F.2d 235 (1942)

MacMILLAN v. KNOST.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 9, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt and Mr. William Montgomery Smith, with whom Mr. John J. Sirica, all of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant. Mr. John R. Jacobs, Jr., of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. Leslie C. Garnett, with whom Mr. Samuel F. Beach, both of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Karl Kindleberger, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

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

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from an order which refused probate to the will of Nellie E. Cameron of this District. A jury found that the will was obtained by undue influence. The question is whether the evidence supports that verdict.

The testatrix was a widow 76 years old. The will left her entire estate to appellant, a man about half her age, who was a grand-nephew of her late husband. Appellee is her niece, and had been a beneficiary under...

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