Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Wilson

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided March 15, 2000PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.

[¶ 1] Shriners Hospitals For Children, Shriners Hospital For Crippled Children, and Shriners Burn Institute (Shriners), residuary beneficiaries of Maybelle Wilson’s estate, appeal from a judgment of the Washington County Probate Court {Holmes, J.) finding an asserted residuary clause in Maybelle Wilson’s will ineffective and determining that her estate passes to a niece and a nephew by intestacy. Shri-ners contends that the court erred in (1) finding the residuary clause contingent upon the simultaneous death of Maybelle Wilson and her husband, John Wilson; and (2) refusing to consider…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Balian v. Board of Licensure in MedicineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
  2. Merrill v. Sugarloaf Mountain Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
  3. Estate of UtterbackSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
  4. In Re the Estate of MorineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
  5. Board of Overseers of the Bar v. LefebvreSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Splude v. DuganSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2003
  2. Estate of WilsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2003
  3. Marcello v. MaineDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2006

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