In re the Will of Notley

*67OPINION OF THE COURT BY

FREAR, C.J.

The will and codicils were admitted to probate by a Circuit Judge at Chambers. On contestants’ appeal to the Circuit Court on the issue of undue influence, a different Judge presiding, a verdict was directed for the proponents on the ground that there was no evidence of undue influence that could properly be submitted to the jury. On contestants’ exceptions, this court sustained the directed verdict. 15 Haw. 435.

Contestants then moved for a rehearing, their principal contention being that the court in holding that there was not sufficient evidence of undue…