MATTER OF BRANDON


55 N.Y.2d 206 (1982)

In the Matter of The Estate of Alice Brandon, Deceased. Ann Murphy et al., Appellants; Ethel Bashnal, as Executrix of Alice Brandon, Deceased, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Kelligrew for appellants.

William A. Egan, Jr., for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.


JASEN, J.

In this discovery proceeding brought by the executrix to recover property obtained by appellants from the decedent by means of fraud and undue influence, we are asked to decide whether it was error to admit evidence of two prior judgments decreeing that one of the appellants had engaged in fraud and undue influence in obtaining property from two other elderly individuals.

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