Stevens v. Thurston

This is an appeal from the probate in solemn form of the will of Bert Eldridge. Defendants as contestants moved to discover the contents of the file of the attorney who drafted the will and to suppress and prevent disclosure to the jury of the probate court decision approving the will. The Trial Court (Loughlin, J.) denied both motions and reserved and transferred defendants’ exceptions.

It appears from the reserved case that the denial of the motion for discovery was based solely on the attorney-client privilege. We recognize and enforce the common-law rule that confidential communications…