Caranci v. Howard

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• establishing that in order to challenge a will's validity, the plaintiff must establish undue influence by the preponderance of the evidence
• the testator was an elderly woman who bequeathed her entire estate to a friend she had met in her final years
• “Because the perpetrator of such covert coercion generally applies the forbidden pressure in secret, one seeking to set aside such a will is often unable to produce direct evidence of the undue influence to the factfinder but rather must rely on circumstantial evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Filippi v. Filippi
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2003-02-18· cited 77×
• Notarantonio v. Notarantonio
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2008-01-18· cited 57×
• Graff v. Motta
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2000-03-17· cited 53×
• DiLuglio v. Providence Auto Body, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2000-06-30· cited 50×
• William L. Burkhalter v. Steven P. Burkhalter
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2013-12-20· cited 41×
• Tinney v. Tinney
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2001-04-27· cited 26×
• Bromaghim v. Furney
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-10-28· cited 21×
• State v. Hazard
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2001-12-03· cited 18×
• Caraveo v. Perez
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2013-11-27· cited 13×
• Richmond Square Capital Corp. v. Mittleman
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2001-06-21· cited 7×
• In re Estate of Ann Marie Picillo
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2014-10-15· cited 2×
• In re the Estate of Snell
  Fort Peck Appellate Court· 2002-04-10· cited 1×
• In re Estate of Bethurem
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2013-11-27
• Lawton v. Higgins
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2008-06-13
• Romano v. Reopell
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2006-11-08
• Paiva v. Paiva
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2008-04-10
• Tinney v. Tinney, 98-0116 (1999)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 1999-06-30
• Larmore v. Fleet National Bank
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2006-11-09
• In Re Estate of Picillo
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2011-04-26
• Marra v. McDonald
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2001-03-15

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Izen v. Winoker
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1991-04-11· cited 38×
• AAA Pool Service & Supply, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1984-07-31· cited 28×
• Pantalone v. Advanced Energy Delivery Systems, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1997-06-16· cited 24×
• Marcinko v. D'Antuono
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1968-06-14· cited 18×
• Apollonio v. Kenyon
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1967-01-24· cited 14×
• Murphy v. O'NEILL
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1983-01-07· cited 10×
• Cinq-Mars v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1996-04-22· cited 8×
• Popko v. Janik
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-06-23· cited 7×
• Brousseau v. Messier
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1951-11-21· cited 4×
• Flanzbaum v. Senco Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1983-05-20· cited 4×
• Caldarone v. Caldarone
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1927-03-08· cited 2×