McKnight v. Shaw

Opinion by

JOHN F. REIF, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 This appeal concerns the trial court’s refusal to admit the holographic will 1 of decedent Ronald Curtis Shaw to probate. The proponent of the will contends that the trial court erred in denying the will to probate on grounds of undue influence and lack of testamentary capacity. The proponent argues that these conclusions are contrary to the clear weight of the evidence and, in fact, unsupported by any evidence. Despite a persuasive effort by counsel for the proponent to demonstrate the merit of these arguments, we nonetheless affirm the refusal to…