In Re KARMEY ESTATE

In their petition to set aside a will, the children of the decedent claimed that the beneficiary of the will, decedent’s second wife, had exercised undue influence over the decedent when he made her the sole beneficiary of his estate. The probate judge ruled that petitioners had failed to present sufficient evidence for a jury to find that decedent’s wife unduly influenced her husband, and the judge therefore granted respondent’s motion for a directed verdict. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the case for trial, holding that there was a question for the jury whether decedent and his…