Legal Opinion

In RE LAVELLE'S ESTATE. IMMERCHAL v. First SEC. Bank

Utah Supreme Court

Decided September 11, 1952No. 7718PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CROCKETT, Justice.

Mrs. Lucille Lavelle, a widow having no children, died leaving three testamentary instruments, each of which revokes any former wills. The proponents of each contest the validity of the others.

The first of these wills, made April 28, 1944, left the decedent’s property to her husband, John T. Lavelle, and her half-sister, Kathleen Miller. Thereafter her husband died, and according to the will provisions the entire estate would have gone to Mrs. Miller.

Mrs. Lavelle’s second will was signed July 28, 1948, leaving her home and furniture, the greater part of her estate, to a…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Cude v. CulbersonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1947
  2. Miller v. LivingstoneUtah Supreme Court · 1906
  3. In re Hanson's WillUtah Supreme Court · 1917
  4. In Re Walther's EstateOregon Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Highland Boy Gold Mining Co. v. StrickleyUtah Supreme Court · 1904

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. In Re Swan's EstateUtah Supreme Court · 1956
  2. In Re Estate of McCauleyArizona Supreme Court · 1966
  3. Peterson v. McMickenWyoming Supreme Court · 1954
  4. Baker v. PatteeUtah Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Lake Shore Motor Coach Lines, Inc. v. BennettUtah Supreme Court · 1958

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