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IN RE ESTATE OF PORTER

192 Or. 483 (1951)

235 P.2d 894

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY PORTER, DECEASED PORTER v. UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND, EXECUTOR, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Reversed and remanded with directions September 26, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Latourette, of Portland, argued the cause for appellant. On the brief were Latourette & Latourette, of Portland.

Irving Rand, of Portland, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Louis P. Sheahan, of St. Paul, Minn., and George W. Mead, of Portland.

Before BRAND, Chief Justice, and HAY, ROSSMAN, LUSK and TOOZE, Justices.

REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS.

TOOZE, J.

This is a suit challenging the validity of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Mary Porter, deceased, on the ground of undue influence.

Mary Porter died at Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, on January 29, 1949, at the age of 85 years. She left surviving her Margaret Porter Butler, a daughter, and Guy R. Porter, a son. On February 7, 1949, an instrument dated May 8, 1948, which...

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