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Cadets near where the * 22 magnum weapon.working at personnel teaching.Wood in College Station.Mossier children to split fortune, judge saysHOUSTON lt;AP) — A probate court jury agreed in a verdict Friday that the ail children of the late Houston and Miami socialite Candace Mossier should share equally In her estimated SIS million estate.Two adopted sons. Daniel Mossier. 2*. and Christopher Mossier. 25. bad contested a purported will that disinherited them. along with a sister. Martha Mossier Meredith. 27. Mrs Meredith did not contest the documentThe two Mossier brothers had contended that their mother was notherself when she added a codicil cutting them out of her estate.Mrs Mossier died in Miami last October at the age of «2. In 10G» she had been a defendant in a sensational murder trial In which a )ury found her Innocent of the slaying of her husband, millionaire Jacques Mossier.In lls verdict, the probate court jury found Mrs. Mossier had the mental capacity to understand the consequence of a document she signed disinheriting the three adopted children and also was free from any insanedelusions.Bui the panel also decided that Mrs Mossier had been under “undue influence oy her iwo natural children from a previous marriage. Rita Johnson Wilder. 33. and Norman Johnson. 37 The Jury found that Mrs. Mossier had intended to revoke her action disinheriting the three adopted children by signing another document on June R. 197*Daniel Mossier said he was surprised and happy ai the verdict Christopher Mossier was not present, nor w as Mrs. MeredithMrs Wilder displayed no emotion at the verdict. Norman Johnson and another adopted son. Edward Mossier, were not present.Their attorney. State Sen A.R Schwarts, said he will ask for a new trial because jurors had been In the presence of documents that had not been admitted as evidence in the trial.The documents had been inadvertently in the courtroom while the jury deliberated there after testimony ended The jury told Harris County Probate Court Judge Pat Gregory itsverdict had not been influenced by the documents but Schwartr said he believed the mere presence of the documents while the jury was deliberating was an error sufficient for a new trial The documents were depositions which had been taken from prospective witnesses and deposited with the court but not admitted as evidence during the trial.
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Bryan Eagle
Bryan, Texas, US
Sat, Sep 24, 1977
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