Nelson v. Hefta

GIERKE, Justice.

Norlin Nelson and Carol Roberts appeal from the judgment and the amended judgment issued by the county court which construed the will of Donald L. Nelson to bequeath the cattle, the feed grain, the Dodge Caravan, the John Deere tractor and a portion of the checking account to Ardel-la Hefta. We affirm in major part and remand.

Donald L. Nelson, a resident of rural Mayville, North Dakota, died on August 29, 1986. Donald Nelson was a lifelong farmer engaged in grain and cattle farming. Surviving Donald Nelson as heirs at law were: Cora Nelson, his mother, now deceased; Norlin…