SILLING v. ERWIN

Civ. A. No. 2:94-0448.

885 F.Supp. 881 (1995)

Cyrus E. SILLING, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Edna Marie Litton ERWIN, As Executor of the Estate of Willard H. Erwin, Jr., Deceased, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Charleston Division.

April 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Winton, Mark W. Kelley, Payne, Loeb & Ray, Charleston, WV, Richard J. Miller, Jr., James Barriere, Couch, White, Brenner, Howard & Feigenbaum, Albany, NY, Josef A. Horter, Goodwin & Horter, Charleston, WV, for plaintiff Cyrus E. Silling, Jr.

Arden J. Curry, II, Pauley, Curry, Sturgeon & Vanderford, Charleston, WV, for defendant Edna Marie Litton Erwin, as Executor of Estate of Willard H. Erwin, Jr., deceased.

Neva G. Lusk, G. Thomas Battle, Spilman, Thomas & Battle, Charleston, WV, for defendant United Nat. Bank, as Executor of Estate of Cyrus E. Silling, Sr., deceased.

Raymond G. Dodson, Dodson, Riccardi & Lutz, Charleston, WV, for defendant Jane King.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HADEN, Chief Judge.

Pending is Defendant Edna Marie Litton Erwin's Motion for Summary Judgment. Defendant Erwin asserts as a matter of law: 1) Plaintiff is incompetent to testify regarding transactions or communications with his deceased father; 2) Silling, Sr. had the requisite mental capacity to execute the codicil dated April 13, 1991; 3) the April 13, 1991 codicil was executed properly; 4) Plaintiff may not prevail...

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