HARRIS v. JOURDAN

C05-0192PE, C05-1049CV; A131582 (Control); A131891.

180 P.3d 119 (2008)

218 Or. App. 470

In the Matter of the Estate of Ruth M. Comins, Deceased. Jack W. HARRIS, Appellant, v. Summer JOURDAN, Respondent. Jack Harris, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ruth M. Comins and Jack Harris, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ruth M. Comins, Defendant, and Summer Jourdan, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided March 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Kelly, Eugene, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

James R. Cartwright, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Matthew Whitman.

Before EDMONDS, Presiding Judge, and ORTEGA, Judge, and NEILSON, Judge pro tempore.


EDMONDS, P.J.

This probate proceeding involves competing claims to the estate of Ruth Comins. Between April 2003 and her death in August 2004, Comins executed a number of wills. The appellant in this case, Jack Harris, was the beneficiary of one of those wills and offered that will for probate. Summer Jourdan, the respondent on appeal, was the beneficiary of an earlier will, and she contested probate of the will in favor of Harris on the ground that it was procured...

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