Matter of Estate of Flaherty
North Dakota Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
MESCHKE, Justice.
Norine Feldner was the principal beneficiary of the will of her brother, John J. Flaherty, deceased. She appealed from a jury verdict and judgment declaring that his will was an invalid product of an insane delusion. We affirm.
FACTS
John J. Flaherty and Bessie Rock met at a dance in the summer of 1937 when he was 32 and she was 18. Bessie testified that John J. was her first date and her first sexual partner. Bessie became pregnant. John J. and Bessie married and moved in with his parents, Martin and Emma, on March 21, 1938. John H. Flaherty, son of John J. and Bessie, was…
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