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DUCKETT v. DUCKETT

No. 8222.

134 F.2d 527 (1943)

DUCKETT et al. v. DUCKETT.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 15, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William C. Murphy, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Leonard A. Block, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, submitted the case on the brief for appellants.

Mr. Thurman L. Dodson, of Washington, D. C., submitted the case on the brief for appellee.

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

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court which admitted to probate the will of Mary Frances Diggs. Appellants, a brother and two nephews of the testatrix, opposed probate on various grounds including attestation, testamentary capacity, fraud and undue influence. Appellee is a sister of the testatrix, and is named in the will as executrix and sole beneficiary. The case was tried to a jury. The court directed a verdict for appellee...

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