GRIMM, Chief Judge.
This is a probate matter. The decisive issue is whether facts decided in a hearing to admit a will collaterally estop relitigation of those facts in a will contest. We hold that they do not and therefore reverse and remand.
I. Background
On March 24, 1989, decedent executed a will at her lawyer's office. She took possession of the will at that time. She kept it and other important papers in a file folder in her house.
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