Gentry v. Black

Gregory, Justice.

The executor and beneficiary under the will of Exa Black filed a caveat in probate court against the petition for year’s support of James T. Black, her widower. The caveat was sustained in probate court, but then denied by the superior court on appeal. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the case to the superior court. On certiorari we reverse.

James T. Black married the deceased in 1973, when he was 61 years old and she was 63. Both were retired from the same employer and each received separate pensions and Social Security benefits. They lived together for nine years…