Lee v. Wainwright

Hunt, Justice.

Following the testator’s death, the executor Wainwright offered for probate a will dated April 30, 1984. In this will the testator left his entire estate to four persons, none of whom are his heirs-at-law. His heirs-at-law are his five brothers and sisters. A sister of the testator, Mary S. Lee, objected to the will on grounds of forgery, lack of testamentary capacity, undue influence, and intoxication. The probate court, however, admitted the will to probate and Lee filed a de novo appeal to superior court.1

Lee attempted to amend her caveat in the superior court to raise the…