Hummer v. Betenbough

CHAVEZ, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court affirming the decision of the probate court, which decreed that the instrument tendered by petitioner C. G. Betenbough dated August 10, 1946, be admitted to probate as the last will and testament of Alice Eva Whitmire.

On May 12, 1958, appellant Alice Joann Hummer filed a petition for letters of administration in the probate court of Lea County, New Mexico. The petition recited the death of Alice Eva Whitmire on May 2, 1958, and that deceased left a will dated May 26, 1941. On May 12, 1958, by order, Alice Joann Hummer was…