Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Jones

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 19, 1985No. 14412PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying probate of a will. We affirm.

In 1974, Lester I. Jones executed a last will and testament bequeathing his property to a niece, two nephews, a grandniece and a grandnephew. The will specifically disinherited another nephew.

On November 6, 1979, Jones executed another will. In this instrument Jones revoked all prior wills, disinherited all of his relatives (appellees), bequeathed his farm land and irrigation equipment to appellant William Harold Hansen, bequeathed his bank stock, cash, silver bars, and coin collection to Centerville…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of HobelsbergerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
  2. K & E Land and Cattle, Inc. v. MayerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Matter of Estate of JonesSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
  4. In Re Estate of LloydSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1971

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Moore v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
  2. Matter of Estate of MadsenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Hills of Rest Memorial Park, Inc. v. WitteSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Hills of Rest Memorial Park, Inc. v. WitteSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Matter of Estate of MadsenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995

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