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150 F.2d 985

Docket No. 8782.

Duckett v. Duckett

District of Columbia District Court

Argued May 25, 1945.

Decided June 29, 1945.

District of Columbia District Court · decided 1945-06-29

2 counsel of record

Relies on Gunning v. Cooley · Christie v. Callahan · S. S. Kresge Co. v. Kenney

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1945-06-29

¶1Mr. Thurman L. Dodson, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Augustus W. Gray, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

¶2Mr. William C. Murphy, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Leonard A. Block, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.

¶3Before MILLER, EDGERTON, and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5Mary Frances Diggs executed a will, on the day before her death, in which she left all her property to her sister, Maud Duckett. In the District Court, a jury found that the testator’s subscription to the will was procured “by fraud, coercion, misrepresentation, undue influence, and pretension,” exercised by Maud Duckett or some other person. On this appeal, the question is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the verdict, giving to it every legitimate and permissible inference.1 We conclude that there was, and that the case was a proper one for the jury’s determination-.2 This being true, there is no reason to disturb the judgment, entered upon its verdict, from which this appeal was taken.3

¶6Affirmed.

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