Legal Opinion

In the Matter of Comegys

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided May 25, 1955PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLusk, J.

This is a will contest based on alleged incompetency of the testator, undue influence, and an oral agreement on the part of the testator to die intestate so that the contestant, his sister and next of kin, would inherit from him. The last mentioned ground has been aban doned. The court entered a decree sustaining the validity of the will, and the contestant has appealed.

The testator, Felix Comegys, a lifelong resident of Polk County, died on October 20, 1952, at the age of 82 years, leaving a last will and testament executed on January 14, 1952, by which he devised certain described real and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ferraro v. TaylorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
  2. McKey v. McKeanIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Estate of Manillus Day v. HarkeyOregon Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Newman v. StoverOregon Supreme Court · 1950
  5. In Re Torstensen's EstateWashington Supreme Court · 1947

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. In Re the Estate of ReddawayOregon Supreme Court · 1958
  2. Lau Ah Yew v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
  3. Masters v. BissettCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1990
  4. United States National Bank v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1985
  5. Weisensee v. HoytOregon Supreme Court · 1959

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