Legal Opinion
Sheets v. Estate of Sheets
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 10, 1975PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHIBALD, Justice.
This is an appeal from a decision of the Supreme Court of Probate rendered on an appeal from a decision of the Sagadahoc County Judge of Probate. 4 M.R.S.A. § 401.
John H. Sheets died November 17, 1972, leaving as his only heirs-at-law and next of kin his three sons, Paul H., Guy T., and Sherwood J. Sheets. On November 21, 1972, a document purporting to be the will of the decedent dated August 29, 1972, was presented for allowance by one Doris M. Farrell, the executrix therein named. This document made a specific bequest to Paul H. and Guy T. Sheets, with the residue of the…
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