Matter of Will of Maynard
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Judge.
The issues to be decided by this appeal are (1) whether the court erred in denying the motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial on the grounds that (a) the prior adjudication of Mrs. Maynard’s incompetency raised a conclusive presumption that the testatrix lacked testamentary capacity on 13 November 1979, (b) that the evidence showed the testatrix to be laboring under an insane delusion, and (c) because the propounders were unfairly surprised at trial; (2) whether the court’s instructions to the jury properly declared and explained the law arising on the evidence and…
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