Legal Opinion
Matter of Estate of Voight
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 27, 1981No. 4739PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LOPEZ, Judge.
The district court denied the claims of the Kapsas on two promissory notes presented at the probate of the estate of William A. Voight. The notes for $13,500 each were given by Mr. Voight to his stepsons, Jack (John) C. and Thomas C. Kapsa. Since Thomas C. Kapsa is now deceased, his interest is represented by his wife, who is the executrix of his estate.
The sole issue is whether these promissory notes are enforceable. We agree with the district court that they are not.
Less than four months before he died, Mr. Voight went to Illinois to visit John C. Kapsa. While there, on…
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