In Re Estate of Walsh

232 N.W.2d 850 (1975)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Helen A. WALSH, Deceased.

Ellen KURKA et al., Appellants,

v.

The FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF THE BLACK HILLS, RAPID CITY, South Dakota, et al., Respondents.

No. 11503.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

September 9, 1975.

Robert C. Bakewell, Jr., Custer, for appellants.

Hobart H. Gates, Custer, Allen G. Wilson, Hot Springs, for respondents.

WINANS, Justice.

Helen A. Walsh, a spinster, died at Hot Springs, South Dakota, on March 13, 1974, at the age of 82, having lived a frugal, rugged and rather rustic life alone. She had done most of her own farming and…