Ableman v. Katz

How courts have described this case

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• implying that the presumption of undue influence may not arise when beneficiary is instrumental in drafting of the will
• implying that the presumption of undue influence may not arise when beneficiary is instrumental in drafting of the will
• stating that ”[e]ven where the will uses words of survivorship it is presumed that they relate to the death of the testator if fairly capable of that construction”
• Cost awards to successful parties are justified only when a “compelling special equity” is shown.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).