Legal Opinion
In re Estate of Gardner
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 13, 1989No. 86-574Published
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.
One of Clara Gardner’s heirs, Evelyn Lindquist, appeals the superior court’s denial of her petition for leave to file an appeal out of time from an order of the probate court. We affirm.
*598On October 2,1985, Clara Gardner died leaving a handwritten will dated March 9,1980, naming as her heirs her nephew Caryl T. Adams and her niece Evelyn M. (Adams) Lindquist, with a codicil naming Caryl Adams as her administrator. Caryl Adams offered the will for probate, and a hearing was held in probate court on December 16,1985. Mrs. Lindquist opposed allowance of the will, both in writing and at the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Burbeck v. LittleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1878
- In Re Walker's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1927
- Vilas v. Estate of WortheimSupreme Court of Vermont · 1940
- In Re Estate of ProutySupreme Court of Vermont · 1935
- Thayer v. Thayer's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1923