Webster v. Larmore

This is the second time that the will of Julia Eva Pollitt has occupied the attention of this Court. In Webster v. Larmore, 268 Md. 153, 299 A. 2d 814 (1973), we vacated a jury verdict that Julia lacked testamentary capacity at the time she executed her will on 28 December 1964, and entered a judgment n.o.v. in favor of the caveatee.

The facts in that case were that in February, 1965, shortly after the execution of the December, 1964 will, which left the residue of her estate to Austin G. Brumley, Julia had married Brumley, lived with him for about a month, and obtained an absolute divorce…