Legal Opinion

In Re the Estate of Lange

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided December 16, 1986No. C6-86-1215PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

This appeal is from an order admitting Elsie Lange’s will to probate. The contestants claim that Lange lacked testamentary capacity and was unduly influenced in the making of her will. Contestants also claim the trial court should have granted a mistrial because the trial judge was biased by information not admitted as evidence. We affirm.

FACTS

Elsie Lange was bom on October 30, 1896, and died on June 28, 1985, at the age of 88. She had three children, Raymond Lange, Victor Lange, and Annabelle Her-tling.

' Lange executed her first will on February 21, 1966. In that will,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  2. Sandhofer v. Abbott-Northwestern HospitalSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  3. Matter of Estate of CongdonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
  4. In Re Estate of MarsdenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
  5. Hursh v. EdgerlySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Pedro v. PedroCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1992
  2. Nachtsheim v. WartnickCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1987
  3. In Re Estate of TorgersenCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2006
  4. In re the Marriage of: David Scott Pederson v. Elizabeth Joan PedersonCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2016

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