Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Burleson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 9, 1999No. 97-PR-1116PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
This appeal arises from the Superior Court’s grant of summary judgment for the appellee, the United States, on behalf of its trust instrumentality, the Smithsonian Institution, denying the petition to admit a 1993 will to probate filed by the appellant, Pamela Marie Stansel Merritt. The Superior Court determined that there was no genuine issue of material fact in dispute because all prior wills of the decedent had been revoked by a later 1994 will, without any subsequent acts to revive the prior wills, thereby leaving appellant without standing to assert any claims to…
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