Street v. Waddell

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

In this will contest case, the Trial Judge upheld a will without a jury, and the contestant has appealed.

Edith Trivette, executed three separate wills over a period of approximately three years. The last will was executed on August 31, 1994, and devised $1,000.00 to the Salem Presbyterian Church in Washington County and a diamond engagement ring to her stepdaughter, Ruth Trivette Bray. It then divided the remainder of the estate equally between Robert L. Waddell, Betty Jean Street, and the Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund. Robert L. Wad-dell, as Executor, caused…