Guthrie v. Suiter

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that circumstantial evidence relied on by will contestant “does no more than surmise that the executor unduly influenced the testator and does not raise a question of fact on the issue”
• concluding close relationship between testatrix and executor created opportunity for executor to unduly influence testatrix
• concluding close relationship between testatrix and executor created opportunity for executor to unduly influence testatrix
• stating that it is not sufficient for evidence to “merely create a surmise or suspicion that such [undue] influence existed at the time the will was executed”
• adding the factor of whether the beneficiary took part in the execution of the will
• adding the factor of whether the beneficiary took part in the execution of the will

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).