Legal Opinion · Dissent

Estate of French v. Kelly

Montana Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1960No. 9921Published

1DissentJustice Adair

The record presented on this appeal reveals a most startling and shocking attempted spoliation of the estate of Mabel French, deceased, the whole of which estate, the decedent left to Dr. Earl T. Gangner, whom she named and appointed sole executor.

In the period from 1951 to 1957, both inclusive, Mabel French made and signed five separate instruments written on. five separate sheets of paper wherein she wrote words, which taken and construed together, clearly express and evidence her definite intention to make testamentary disposition of all her property at her death.

It is not any single one…

2Cases cited114 opinions

  1. Church Home for Children of Protestant Episcopal Church v. LawrenceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Estate of LatourCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Michigan Trust Co. v. BronsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Salmonski v. BardzinskiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Barnhart v. BarnhartIllinois Supreme Court · 1953

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