KNUTSEN v. KRIPPENDORF

P92-005; CA A75758.

862 P.2d 509 (1993)

124 Or. App. 299

In the Matter of the Estate of Mildred Hedvig Smith, Deceased. Earl J. KNUTSEN, Appellant, v. Arnold KRIPPENDORF, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mildred Hedvig Smith, Deceased, and Arnold Krippendorf, in a personal capacity, Respondent, and Vanessa Darlene Shirts and Charles Shirts, Third-Party Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided November 3, 1993.

Reconsideration Denied December 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Loose, argued the cause, for appellant. With him on the briefs were Gary M. Bullock and Bullock & Regier, P.C., Portland.

Blair J. Henningsgaard, argued the cause, for respondent. With him on the brief was Brownhill & Henningsgaard, Astoria.

Before DEITS, P.J., and RIGGS and DURHAM, JJ.


DEITS, Presiding Judge.

Contestant Earl Knutsen, disinherited under the will of his deceased mother, Mildred Smith, seeks to have the will declared invalid. He contends that the trial court erred when it held that her will was not the product of either undue influence or insane delusions. We review de novo, ORS 19.125(3); Sanders v. U.S. National Bank, 71 Or.App. 674, 694 P.2d 548

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