Court Opinion

ID: 9616659
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 04:48:37.144072+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:03:59.720791
License: Public Domain

McINTYRE, Justice
(dissenting in part and concurring in part).
Mr. Justice GRAY has reviewed fully and fairly the evidence shown in the record pertaining to the competency or incompetency of Robert A. Morton, at the time his will dated May 12, 1960 was executed. On the basis of the record, Justice GRAY has concluded a prima facie case of incompetency was not made out by the contestants, and that a directed verdict for the proponents of the will was proper.
On the basis of the same record, I think a prima facie case of incompetency was made out; that the issue of incompetency should have been submitted to the jury; and that a directed verdict should not have been granted against the contestants.
I concur in the conclusion that this case should be remanded to the district court for a partial new trial on the issue of revocation of the May 12, 1960 will.