ESTES v. SMITH


521 A.2d 682 (1987)

Vaughn C. ESTES v. Horace E. SMITH, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Palmer & Ames, Douglas J. Payne (orally), Richard C. Ames, Brunswick, for plaintiff.

Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, John J. O'Leary, Elizabeth Butler (orally), Portland, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and CLIFFORD, JJ.


WATHEN, Justice.

The plaintiff, Vaughn C. Estes, appeals from summary judgment granted to the defendants, Horace E. Smith, Byron H. Lecates, Robert C. Russell and Duncan C. McArthur, who are the personal representatives of the estate of Virginia E. Chillingworth, by the Superior Court (Cumberland County). On appeal, plaintiff argues that the court erred in finding no genuine issue of material fact as to the existence of an oral contract to establish a testamentary...

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