Matter of Estate of Depriest

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

This is a will contest. The jury found that a 1982 will was procured by the undue influence of the proponent-appellant, Dorothy Dean Wisdom Allen. The appellant complains that the trial judge’s charge to the jury was erroneous, that the charge was not in writing, that the trial judge gave a supplemental charge to the jury without the attorneys being present, and that the trial judge erred in allowing into evidence incompetent and immaterial testimony.

Mrs. Elizabeth Depriest lived in McKen-dree Manor, a rest home located in Nashville. She did not enjoy living there but…