Elder v. Elder

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the trial justice’s removal of the question of testamentary ca pacity from the jury s consideration was appropriate when no contrary evidence was presented
• \[W]here there is no statute to the contrary and where the condition affixed to a testamentary gift violates no established rule of law or public policy\, condition is valid

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Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Haynes v. First Nat'l State Bk. of NJ
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-07-22· cited 83×
• Berman v. Sitrin
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2010-04-20· cited 55×
• Simeone v. Charron
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2000-12-01· cited 41×
• In Re Review of Proposed Town of New Shoreham Project
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2011-07-01· cited 34×
• Gunter v. Pogue
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1984-04-26· cited 28×
• Lett v. Giuliano
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2012-01-09· cited 14×
• Machover v. Estate of Machover
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 1992-10-26· cited 2×
• Frost v. Warren Zoning Board of Appeals, 02-3024 (2003)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2003-11-28
• In THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM F. McLOUGHLIN.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2024-09-30
• Alicia Andrew v. Richard Adorno
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2026-01-15

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Moran v. Moran
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1909-11-17· cited 50×
• In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Arrowsmith
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1914-05-29· cited 35×
• Rudd v. Searles
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-03-01· cited 28×