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IN RE ESTATE OF WILSON

No. 79-40.

416 A.2d 228 (1980)

In re ESTATE of Woodrow WILSON. Johnnie WILSON et al., Appellants, v. William M. THORNTON et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Parsons, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

William M. Thornton, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KELLY and MACK, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

Appellants, the decedent's heirs-at-law, contested his purported will on the basis that he lacked testamentary capacity at the time of the will's execution.1 The trial court, relying on the physician-patient privilege, D.C. Code 1973, § 14-307(a), excluded medical evidence and testimony proffered by appellants, and directed a verdict for the appellees. The issue before us on appeal is whether the trial court erred...

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