Geppert v. Winans

KNIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Herman J. Geppert, then a resident of Buffalo County, South Dakota, and the owner of property of the value of about one million dollars, died on September 25, 1951, having theretofore on July 16, 1947, of his own volition, duly executed in writing his last will and testament, which, with a codicil thereto thereafter executed, was established and admitted to probate by a judgment of the Circuit Court of said county, made and filed on May 26, 1952, from which this appeal was taken by heirs at law of testator who timely filed a contest to said will.

The trial de novo which…