Legal Opinion

Moses v. Rainey

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 4, 1970No. 70-221PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PIERCE, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant Ruby Moses, sister of the testatrix, Helen G. Gorham, deceased, appeals from a judgment refusing to revoke the probate of the decedent’s Will devising the bulk of her estate to a stranger to the blood.

We hold that appellant failed to carry the burden of establishing testatrix’s testamentary incapacity at the time she made the Will in the light of the Florida cases bearing upon the point. In re Starr’s Estate, 1935, 125 Fla. 536, 170 So. 620; In re Carnegie’s Estate, 1943, 153 Fla. 7, 13 So.2d 299; Chapman v. Campbell, Fla.App.1960, 119 So.2d 61; Skelton v.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Newman v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1918
  2. Estate Clara R. Starr v. WilsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1935
  3. Hooper v. Stokes, as Exr.Supreme Court of Florida · 1933
  4. Kingdon v. SybrantNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Skelton v. DavisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ohio Mechanics Institute v. Nova Casesarea Harmony Lodge No. 2District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972

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