In re Establish the Will of Terry

By JUDGE L. PAUL BYRNE

The petitioners, Stephen P. Terry, Marvin D. Terry and Patricia M. Rapp, being the sole surviving children and heirs of Ruth McCuiston Terry, a/k/a Hilda Ruth Terry, deceased, filed this suit to establish an undated but executed typewritten document purporting to be her Last Will and Testament, which was found among the decedent’s effects. At a hearing before this Court on June 19, 1981, the petitioners testified, as did William F. McCuiston, brother of the decedent, and Meritha C. McCuiston, his wife, the attesting witnesses.

The facts may be stated briefly as follows:…