Legal Opinion

Dolloff v. Dolloff

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided June 27, 1991PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATHEN, Justice.

Defendants Donald J. Dolloff and Jean M. Dolloff appeal the judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Bradford, J.) following a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff Lillian I. Dolloff. Finding that the evidence was sufficient for the jury to find proof of undue influence, we affirm the Superior Court’s judgment.

On August 28, 1987, plaintiff, a 73-year-old widow, signed a deed conveying a fourteen-acre parcel of land in Gorham to defendants, plaintiff’s stepson and his wife. On July 30, she had asked a local real estate agency to list this property as part of a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Colorado v. New MexicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Taylor v. Commissioner of Mental Health & Mental RetardationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
  3. International Paper Company v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968
  4. Russo v. MillerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
  5. Smith v. TongeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. DesMarais v. DesjardinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
  2. Aucella v. Town of WinslowSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
  3. Dubois v. Madison Paper Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2002
  4. Mondello v. General Electric Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
  5. Laliberte v. MeadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993

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