(DOWNLOAD) "Palmer's Estate" by Division A. Supreme Court of Florida * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Palmer's Estate
- Author : Division A. Supreme Court of Florida
- Release Date : January 14, 1950
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 48 KB
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ROBERTS, Justice. Stella Anne Palmer, a widow, died on March 30, 1949, and her will was filed for probate on April 11, 1949, by Fred Hope, Sr., the appellant, who was the chief beneficiary under the will and was named as executor thereof. The will was admitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to the appellant by the County Judge. Shortly thereafter, on April 16, a petition for the revocation of the probate of the will was filed by a brother of the testatrix, alleging that testatrix lacked sufficient mental capacity to execute a will, which petition was subsequently amended to allege, additionally, that the appellant, while occupying a confidential relationship with testatrix, had exercised undue influence over the testatrix, and that the execution of the will was the result of such undue influence. After hearing the voluminous testimony adduced by the parties, the County Judge entered an order revoking the probate and decreeing the will to be void and of no effect. This order was affirmed by the Circuit Judge upon appeal, and we now review the order of the Circuit Judge affirming the Order of Revocation entered by the County Judge.