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MATTER OF WILL OF ANDREWS

No. 7820SC780.

256 S.E.2d 251 (1979)

42 N.C. App. 86

In the Matter of the Purported WILL of Karl Arthur ANDREWS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryant, Hicks & Sentelle by David B. Sentelle and Richard A. Elkins, Charlotte, for propounder-appellants.

Van Camp, Gill & Crumpler by James R. Van Camp and Douglas R. Gill, Southern Pines, for caveator-appellee.

VAUGHN, Judge.

The issue to be determined on this appeal is whether caveator presented sufficient evidence of undue influence exerted by Mrs. Andrews to withstand propounders' motions for a directed verdict.

"[U]ndue influence which justifies setting aside the testator's will is an influence which controls or coerces the mind of the testator so as to induce him to make a will which he would not have made otherwise. Influence is also spoken of as being undue...

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