Fitanides v. Estate of Stickney

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Supreme Court of Probate affirming the disallowance of an instrument as the will of Laura B. Stickney in the Probate Court. The appellant is the named executor. The decisive issue is whether the purported will was the product of undue influence.

We examine the record giving full weight to the principle that “The findings of fact of the Justice in the Supreme Court of Probate stand unless clearly erroneous.” Barton v. Beck Estate, 159 Me. 446, 448, 195 A. (2nd) 63; Casco Bk. & Tr. Co. and Tomuschat, Applts., 156 Me. 508, 167 A. (2nd) 571; Harriman v.…