IN RE ESTATE OF WEST


522 A.2d 1256 (1987)

In re the ESTATE OF Margaret A. WEST.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Hurley, Wilmington, for appellant.

George C. Hering, III (argued) and Kevin T. Peck, Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, for appellee.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., MOORE and WALSH, JJ.


MOORE, Justice:

David A. West appeals a post-trial decision of the Court of Chancery invalidating the last will and testament of his late mother, Margaret A. West, on grounds of undue influence. Suit was brought by the testatrix's daughter, Joan L. West, charging that her mother lacked testamentary capacity, or alternatively, that the will resulted from David's exertion of undue influence during their mother's last illness...

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