In Re ESTATE OF Raymond L. SMALLMAN

OPINION

in which GARY R. WADE, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ„ joined.

The primary issue we address in this appeal is whether certain evidence was erroneously admitted at trial and if so, whether it more probably than not affected the jury’s verdict. This case arose out of the death of Raymond Smallman and the ensuing dispute between his two sons from a previous marriage and Linda Caraway, whom he married two weeks before his death. Mr. Smallman’s sons challenged the validity of their father’s marriage to Ms. Caraway and the validity of the lost will that Ms. Caraway sought…