Pepin v. Meyer
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Hill County;■ Jolvn W. Taltan, Judge. In the Matter of the estate of Simon Pepin, deceased. Petition of Exor A. Pepin against Elizabeth Meyer and others for revocation of probate of will was dismissed, and he appeals. The petition states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action and shows that petitioner is a party interested.
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Appeal from the District Court, Hill County;■ Jolvn W. Taltan, Judge. In the Matter of the estate of Simon Pepin, deceased. Petition of Exor A. Pepin against Elizabeth Meyer and others for revocation of probate of will was dismissed, and he appeals. The petition states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action and shows that petitioner is a party interested. In order that petitioner may be interested, it is, of course, sufficient if he shows that in the absence of a valid will he would be entitled to share in the estate. This he has done by showing that there was no valid adoption of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanner
On the twenty-eighth day of December, 1914, an order was made by the district court of Hill county admitting a certain *245instrument to probate as the last will and testament of Simon Pepin, deceased. Thereafter Exor A. Pepin filed his petition seeking to contest said will and to have the probate thereof revoked, upon the grounds that he and other persons named in his petition are collateral heirs of said Simon Pepin entitled to succeed to his estate in the absence of direct heirs or a valid will; that said will was not properly executed by Simon Pepin or published and declared by him to be…
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