IN RE ESTATE OF RICHARD


556 A.2d 1091 (1989)

In re ESTATE OF Frances V. RICHARD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris D. Rubin (orally), Bangor, for plaintiff.

John A. Churchill (orally), Brown, Tibbetts, Churchill & Lacasse, Calais, for defendant.

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


WATHEN, Justice.

Moses Neptune appeals from an order of the Washington County Probate Court (Boardman, J.) admitting to probate a copy of the last will and testament of Frances V. Richard, Moses's mother. Neptune argues on appeal that the probate judge erroneously failed to apply the presumption of revocation regarding lost wills. We disagree and affirm the order of the probate judge.

Following a hearing on September 1, 1988, the court granted the petition...

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