Farnsworth v. Farnsworth

CLARK, Chief Judge.

The dispute in this case is between respondent, the personal representative of the estate of Dorothy Gaunt, deceased, and appellants, the beneficiaries of an inter vi-vos trust created by the deceased some two months before her death. Respondent had judgment after a jury trial for recovery from appellants of the value of the trust assets and the trust beneficiaries appeal. The issues in the case were the mental competency of Dorothy Gaunt and the exercise of influence upon her by appellants to procure the bequests.

Dorothy Gaunt died September 10, 1983, at the age of 71.…