In re Goodridge
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This is an appeal from the decree of the Judge of Probate of Cumberland County, approving and allowing the last will and testament of Gertrude Whittier Archambeau. Philip Goodridge and Daniel M. Goodridge, brothers of the deceased, resisted the petition for the allowance of the will, alleging fraud, and undue influence, and a failure to comply with the requirements of the statutes and laws of this State in the execution of the will.
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This is an appeal from the decree of the Judge of Probate of Cumberland County, approving and allowing the last will and testament of Gertrude Whittier Archambeau. Philip Goodridge and Daniel M. Goodridge, brothers of the deceased, resisted the petition for the allowance of the will, alleging fraud, and undue influence, and a failure to comply with the requirements of the statutes and laws of this State in the execution of the will. The cause was reported to the Law Court by agreement of parties on the testimony taken out at the hearing before the Probate Court, and an agreed statement of…
1Opinion of the CourtWilson, J.
The will of Gertrude Whittier Archambeau was admitted to probate by the Judge of Probate of Cumberland County. From his decree an appeal was taken by the appellants to the Supreme Court of Probate, and now comes before this court on a report of the evidence taken out in the Probate Court and on an agreed statement of certain facts.
The reasons assigned for the appeal, eight in number, may be summarized under three heads: (1) That the instrument was not *373her will, but was obtained by the fraud and undue influence of her husband, (2) that it was not executed in accordance with the requirements of…
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