Dyer v. Souther

Hines, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant caveators in a contest over the validity of the last will and testament of Blanch Dyer, who died in 1994. The case was tried before a jury and at the close of the evidence, the superior court directed verdicts in favor of the plaintiff propounder on the caveators’ claims that the will was not properly signed and executed on January 12,1987, and that it was the product of undue influence. The court did not direct a verdict on the question of testamentary capacity and it was submitted to the jury. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the…