Murphy v. O'NEILL

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This is a will contest heard by a Superior Court jury on appeal from a decree of the Probate Court of the Town of Johnston, entered August 2, 1976, admitting to probate an instrument purported to be the last will and testament of Lucy Almeida. A timely appeal was taken to the Superior Court by contestants of the will, three children of the testatrix. Later, eight grandchildren of the testatrix, children of a deceased daughter, were allowed to intervene in this appeal. At one point it appeared that a settlement had been reached between" the groups of litigants, but the…