In re Estate of Davis
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
Appellant (Davis) brought suit pro se contesting his mother’s will which had left him $10,000 when, according to the complaint, she had intended the proceeds of the sale of the family home upon her death to be distributed equally among Davis and his three siblings. He claimed that the will was the product of undue influence by his sister (Davis-Watson), who had been named personal representative by the will, had signed it in the mother’s name at her purported direction, and received the principal share of the estate under its terms. The trial judge dismissed the suit…
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