Merling v. Merling

BLOOM, Judge.

Appellant, Joyce Merling, filed a caveat in the Circuit Court for Harford County, sitting as the orphans’ court, challenging a will executed in 1986 by Sara E. Holliday, the testator. Appellant, who was the personal representative named in an earlier will, alleged that the 1986 "will was procured through undue influence and that the testatrix was incompetent at the time of its execution. By request, issues of fact were transmitted to the circuit court, sitting as a court of law. Before trial, appellant proffered the testimony of two witnesses: the first witness would relate…