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IN RE ESTATE OF PALLISTER

No. 25960.

363 S.C. 437 (2005)

611 S.E.2d 250

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Mary Frances PALLISTER. Ann Garman Diem Patton, as personal representative of the Estate of Ruth Eleanor Diem, Respondent, v. James E. Reames, Stephen L. Reames, Marsha R. Bozard, and David S. Reames, as personal representative of the Estate of F.S. Reames, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 28, 2005.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Chase, of Haynsworth Sinker Boyd, P.A., of Florence, and B. Eric Shytle, and Sarah P. Spruill, both of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Columbia, for Appellants.

Kenneth B. Wingate and Paul D. Kent, of Sweeny, Wingate and Barrow, P.A., of Columbia, for Respondent.

Justice BURNETT.

This is a lost or missing will case. A probate court jury found that Ann Patton, personal representative of the Estate of Ruth Eleanor Diem, proved by clear and convincing evidence Mary Frances Pallister (Testatrix) did not destroy her original last will and testament with an intent to revoke it.1 The circuit court affirmed the verdict and Appellants, the nephews and niece of Testatrix, appeal. We certified this case for...

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