Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Till

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided July 11, 1990No. 16647PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WUEST, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a will contest in which the circuit court held that the Last Will and Testament of the decedent, Frank Till (Frank), was a product of undue influence. As a result, the circuit court held this will to be invalid. We reverse.

Frank was born in July of 1899. He had three brothers and one sister, all of whom had predeceased him. Frank’s sister left two children: Frank Matson and Alleyne Schaar. One of his brothers left one child *522by the name of Robert Till (Robert). Frank’s other two brothers had no children. Similarly, Frank never had any children, nor…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of HobelsbergerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Imel v. MetzSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1960
  3. In Re Metz'EstateSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1960
  4. In Re Rowland's EstateSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1945
  5. King v. Johnson Bros. Construction CompanySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1967

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. In Re the Estate of DokkenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
  2. William L. Burkhalter v. Steven P. BurkhalterSupreme Court of Iowa · 2013
  3. Matter of Estate of ElliottSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Hubbard v. CITY OF PIERRESouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Matter of Estate of GibbsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1992

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