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IN RE MERRILL'S ESTATE

No. 2808.

80 Wyo. 276 (1959)

341 P.2d 506

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Mrs. Mary MERRILL, Deceased. Georgia K. MERRILL, Proponent and Appellant, Alberta A. Webber, Landis Webber and Florence M. Bannon, Proponents, v. Mary Kay VAN ETTEN, Contestant, and Ellis Merrill and Beverly Merrill Carpenter, Contestants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

June 30, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moran, Murphy & Hettinger, Riverton, for appellant.

Don D. Bowman, Denver, Colo., and Chester Ingle, Thermopolis, A. Joseph Williams, Cheyenne, for respondents.

Before BLUME, C.J., and PARKER and HARNSBERGER, JJ.

OPINION.

PARKER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rejecting probate of the July 7, 1953, will of Mary Merrill after a jury had rendered a special verdict finding that at the time of executing the instrument she was not of sound and disposing mind and memory and was acting as a result of undue influence.

Mary Merrill and her husband, George Merrill, were pioneer Wyoming ranchers possessed of numerous holdings. Mr. Merrill died in 1934. They...

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