IN RE ESTATE OF HATT


431 A.2d 52 (1981)

In re the ESTATE OF Bessie M. HATT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Graves, (Orally), Machias, for appellants.

Michael Leonard, (Orally), Machias, for appellee.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, GODFREY, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

The Superior Court, sitting as the Supreme Court of Probate,2 affirmed the admission to probate of the 1972 will of Bessie M. Hatt by the Probate Court of Washington County. Pursuant to M.R.Civ.P. 39(d), the court tried the issues of testamentary capacity and undue influence with an advisory jury. The court accepted the advisory jury's verdict of testamentary capacity, but rejected its finding that Mrs. Hatt's...

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