Maietta v. Winsor
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
[¶ 1] Robert Maietta appeals from the summary judgment, involving the interpretation of Hugh Erskine’s will, entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Cal-kins, J.) in favor of Deborah Winsor. On appeal Maietta asserts that the court erred by granting Winsor’s motion to strike a deposition and by construing Hugh’s will to pass an estate in fee simple absolute to property in Cape Elizabeth to Winsor’s predecessor in title, Margaret Erskine. Maietta contends that, following a life estate in Margaret, the property passed to him by operation of Hugh’s will. We disagree,…
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