Legal Opinion

In re Estate of Turner

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided January 21, 1982No. 81-96Published

1Opinion of the Court

PRYOR, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial of an administratrix’s claim for expenditures made on behalf of the decedent over the course of several years prior to his death. Upon review of the trial court’s evidentiary rulings, we affirm.

Lois E. Broadus, administratrix c.t.a. of Thomas Wyatt Turner’s estate and appellant herein, requested the Probate Division of the Superior Court to approve payment to her individually, from the assets of the estate, of a sum equal to one quarter of the estate. The basis of the claim was an alleged oral agreement between decedent and herself…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Rosinski v. WhitefordCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
  2. Toliver v. DurhamDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968

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