Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Brandon
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 18, 1982PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jasen, J.
In this discovery proceeding brought by the executrix to recover property obtained by appellants from the decedent by means of fraud and undue influence, we are asked to decide whether it was error to admit evidence of two prior judgments decreeing that one of the appellants had engaged in fraud and undue influence in obtaining property from two other elderly individuals.
The record discloses that the decedent, Alice Brandon, was rather frugal by nature. For example, it was said that she used an egg timer while making long distance telephone calls. As a result of…
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