Legal Opinion
Estate of Broun v. Broun
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 18, 1980No. 79-771PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:
This appeal in a will contest case challenges the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to appellee Broun, the husband of testatrix and executor and primary beneficiary under her will. Appellants, the testatrix’s two daughters, contend that the will should be invalidated because of appellee’s fraud and undue influence in procuring the will. We agree with the trial court that appellants raise no issue of triable fact, and affirm.
When Rahel Davies Broun and E. Fon-taine Broun were married in 1955, Mrs. Broun’s will left the bulk of her estate to her two daughters by…
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