Lopiccolo v. Semar

DOWD, Judge.

Two separate groups of appellants appeal a judgment in which the jury determined the earlier of two competing wills to be the valid last will and testament of the deceased. We affirm.

The facts viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict indicate that Ernest Wilde (hereinafter Testator) died April 12, 1991, leaving no blood relatives. His only heirs at law were Paul LoPiecolo and Vincent LoPic-colo (LoPiccolos), the children of his deceased wife bom of an earlier marriage.

At the time of his death, Testator was in his late 70s and in poor physical health. He had previously…