Vancil v. Carpenter

ELLIS, Presiding Judge.

On January 13, 1993, Imogene Wicks executed a self-proving will leaving her estate in equal shares to respondent Imogene Vancil and appellants Edith Carpenter and Kevin Kirk. Subsequent to Wicks’ death on January 18, 1993, Vancil filed suit in the Circuit Court of Cass County challenging the validity of this will. At the close of evidence, the jury found that Carpenter and Kirk had exerted undue influence on the decedent and declared the 1993 will invalid. Carpenter and Kirk now appeal from that verdict.

The appellants first claim the trial court erred in denying their…