Legal Opinion
Cheatle v. Cheatle
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 24, 1995No. 94-PR-281PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Associate Judge:
This appeal arises out of a will contest in which appellant, Harry Cheatle (“Harry”), the brother of the deceased, Colonel Francis Edgar Cheatle (“Colonel”), challenged the right of their sister, appellee Lorene Cheatle (“Lorene”), to take as sole beneficiary under the Colonel’s will, alleging her abuse and neglect of the Colonel hastened his death, and thus required her to forfeit her inheritance. The principal question on appeal is whether, where there has been no conviction for the criminal offense of involuntary manslaughter, a finding that the death of the testator…
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