· 4/7/1964
Frye v. Norton
Citations
- 135 S.E.2d 603
- 148 W. Va. 500
- 1964 W. Va. LEXIS 78
How courts have described this case
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- no undue influence or other impropriety when attorney received bequest from will of client because attorney did not participate in drafting of will
- “the burden of proving undue influence is upon the party who alleges it and mere suspicion, conjecture, possibility or guess that undue influence has been exercised is not sufficient to support a verdict which impeaches the will upon that ground.”
- bequest to lawyer excluding first cousin not result of undue influence
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Judges: Caplan
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