Laughlin v. France

PRESIDING JUSTICE INGLIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Arthur Lee Owen, Dianne Lee Cook and Charles W. France, as executor of the estate of Katherine L. DuPee (decedent), appeal after the trial court ordered that decedent’s half of the proceeds from the sale of real estate inherited from her husband, John DuPee, should be transferred to plaintiff, Hope D. Laughlin. On appeal, defendants contend that the testimony of plaintiff’s two witnesses was inadmissible hearsay and that the evidence was insufficient to prove that the decedent orally agreed to execute a will leaving the…