Matter of Estate of Weidner

Petitioner Gale Weidner appeals from a judgment entered in District Court, Lincoln County, holding that the 1954 will of Leona Weidner was irrevocable and admitting that will to probate.

Leona Weidner and E. J. Weidner, parents of Gale Weidner and Lorraine Brown, executed a joint will in 1954. The will left all property to the surviving spouse, and provided that upon the survivor’s death, their son would receive five dollars, because “he [has] been provided for already,” and that their daughter would receive the remainder of the property.

E. J. Weidner died in 1957; Leona Weidner received…