MATTER OF ESTATE OF FLAHERTY

Civ. No. 880358.

446 N.W.2d 760 (1989)

In the Matter of the Estate of John J. FLAHERTY, Deceased. John H. FLAHERTY, Jr., Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Norine FELDNER, Personal Representative of the Estate of John J. Flaherty, Deceased, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

September 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eaton, Van de Streek & Ward, Minot, for plaintiff and appellee, argued by Michael Ward, Minot.

Richard L. Schnell (argued), Mandan, for defendant and appellant.

McGee, Hankla, Backes & Wheeler, Ltd., Minot, for defendant and appellant, argued by Orlin W. Backes, Minot.


MESCHKE, Justice.

Norine Feldner was the principal beneficiary of the will of her brother, John J. Flaherty, deceased. She appealed from a jury verdict and judgment declaring that his will was an invalid product of an insane delusion. We affirm.

FACTS

John J. Flaherty and Bessie Rock met at a dance in the summer of 1937 when he was 32 and she was 18. Bessie testified that John J. was her first date and her first sexual partner. Bessie became pregnant...

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