In Re the Estate of Reddaway

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• finding secrecy where the beneficiary, his wife, and his mother-in-law were the only ones who knew of the change in the testator’s plans and the mother-in-law discouraged people from visiting the testator and kept a watchful eye when people did visit
• in evaluating evidence of undue influence, the question is generally whether the beneficiary, by his or her conduct, gained an unfair advantage by means that reasonable persons would regard as improper
• characterizing undue influence as “a species of fraud”

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