Gala Johnson-Murray v. Rodney Burns

OPINION

Frank G. Clement Jr., P.J., M.S.,

delivered the opinion of the Court,

in which Andy D. Bennett and W. Neal McBrayer, JJ., joined.

Nieces of the decedent contest the validity of a quitclaim deed and the decedent’s will on the ground they were the result of undue influence exerted upon the decedent by her stepson and his wife. The quitclaim deed conveyed the decedent’s real property to herself, her stepson, and his, wife as joint tenants with right of survivorship. The will bequeathed the decedent’s entire estate to her stepson. Following a jury trial, the jury found that the deed and will…