DesMarais v. Desjardins

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• explaining that the essence of a claim is derived from the pleadings and “when the primary recovery pursued is equitable, the inclusion of a request for money damages does not convert the proceeding into an action at law”
• the allegations of undue influence “substantially merged with the principal claim for interference with the expectation of a legacy”
• “duress” and “undue influence” are means by which alleged interference can occur

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).