Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Wilson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 1980No. 79-40PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
416 A.2d 228 (1980)
In re ESTATE of Woodrow WILSON.
Johnnie WILSON et al., Appellants,
v.
William M. THORNTON et al., Appellees.
No. 79-40.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Argued February 20, 1980.
Decided May 29, 1980.
Charles C. Parsons, Washington, D.C., for appellants.
William M. Thornton, Washington, D.C., for appellees.
Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KELLY and MACK, Associate Judges.
NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
Appellants, the decedent's heirs-at-law, contested his purported will on the basis that he lacked testamentary capacity at the time of the will's execution.[1] The trial court, relying on…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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