Legal Opinion
Matter of Estate of Williams
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 1984No. 14270PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Justice.
ACTION
This is a civil appeal from an order entered by the Circuit Court for the Sixth Judicial Circuit on May 13, 1983, retaining the executor of the Joe J. Williams estate and estopping his heirs from asserting a lapse provision in his will. We affirm.
FACTS
Joe J. Williams died testate on December 12, 1981, at Hot Springs, South Dakota. His wife, Stella, predeceased him in 1978. His will was admitted to probate on February 2, 1982, and his son, Ward J. Williams (Ward), was appointed executor.
The provision of the will of Joe J. Williams pertinent to this action is as follows:
2Cases cited13 opinions
- In Re Estate of HobelsbergerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
- City of Rapid City v. HoogterpSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
- Hartt v. HarttWyoming Supreme Court · 1956
- Estate of BuchmanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
- Isaak v. IsaakSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Jacobson v. GulbransenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2001
- Sander v. WrightSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
- Hanson v. Brookings HospitalSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
- Nelson v. PalmquistSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
- Pinnacle Pizza Co. v. Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.District Court, D. South Dakota · 2008
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