In re Estate of Maggio

¶ 1. Rosann Maggio, widow and primary beneficiary of the estate of Daniel Maggio, appeals a decision of the superior court holding that Daniel Maggio did not own an interest in real property in Holland, Vermont at the time of his death. Ms. Maggio argues that the trial court erroneously admitted statements from her interrogatory answers in violation of the best evidence rule, the dead man’s statutes, and the requirement in V.R.E. 602 that testimony be based on personal knowledge; that the court’s conclusions that the property in question was partnership property and that Daniel Maggio ceded…