Johnson v. Carpenter

David Newbern, Justice.

The will of Monica Catherine Johnson was admitted to probate. The will named appellee Carey Carpenter or the High Foundation, of which Carpenter was a principal officer, as the main beneficiaries. The appellant, Bryan Patrick Johnson, the son of the decedent, challenged the will as having been the result of fraud or undue influence practiced upon his mother by Carpenter. The probate judge held the will was void. The effect of that holding was that Mrs. Johnson died intestate and appellant Johnson was her sole heir.

Mrs. Johnson had also taken out a number of life and…