Matter of Estate of Bell

BROWN, Justice.

In a complex case involving mutual and reciprocal wills, we are asked to examine the judgment rendered by the district court. Four appeals have been effected to this court and we have consolidated them for disposition.

First National Bank and Trust Company of Wyoming (now Norwest Bank of Cheyenne, Wyoming, N.A., hereinafter Nor-west) as testamentary trustee of the estate of John Bell, filed a declaratory action to resolve disputes concerning the interpretations of the wills of John H. Bell and Marie Bell. The declaratory judgment action was joined with the probate of the will of…