Tavernier v. McBurney

This cause was heard before a justice of the-Superior Court, sitting with á jury, on the appeal of the plaintiff, hereinafter referred to as the contestant, from a decree of the Probate Court of the City of Woonsocket admitting to probate a written instrument dated August 7, 1965, purporting to be the last will and testament of his father, Alfred E. Tavernier, Sr., who died on January 3, 1966. The decree granted letters testamentary to the defendant, John F. McBurney, Jr. sometimes referred to as the proponent, who was the person named as executor in the instrument in question.

After a trial…