Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Cumbee
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided January 4, 1999No. 2920PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Judge:
This case involves a will contest between two sons of the late Lillian Cumbee. The probate judge rejected wills Mrs. Cumbee executed in 1991 and 1994, finding both were the product of undue influence. The judge admitted for probate a will Mrs. Cumbee executed in 1987, and included in her estate funds her son Calvin Cumbee held in his own name. The circuit court affirmed in result. Calvin appeals. We affirm. 1
FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On February 6, 1987, Lillian Cumbee and her husband, Jasper L. Cumbee, Sr., executed a joint will in which each left the estate to the other.…
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