Legal Opinion
Silling v. Erwin
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided April 25, 1995No. Civ. A. 2:94-0448PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 on a claim based upon undue influence; 5) Plaintiff is estopped from contesting the validity of the April 13, 1991 codicil; 6) the contribution to…
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