Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Weston

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided October 9, 2003No. 02-PR-799, 02-PR-816Published

1Opinion of the Court

KERN, Senior Judge:

This is an appeal from the trial court’s determination after hearing testimony and argument to admit to probate three pages of a five-page will executed by the testator and presented for probate after his death. 1 The trial court noted: “that pages 3 and 4 are quite different than the other [three] pages of the will.” The court listed the dissimilarities as follows:

the pages are on plain paper, not bond paper; the staple holes on these pages are different than the ones on the rest of the document ...; the page borders on these pages are different; the pages are in red-lined…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In re Knapen's WillSupreme Court of Vermont · 1903
  2. Henry v. FraserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1928
  3. In re Lee's EstateDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1948
  4. Wolfe v. SnyderDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1942
  5. Patrick v. PatrickCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1994

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