Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Chasel

Utah Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1986No. 19265PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEWART, Justice:

William Chasel, son of Frank Chasel, appeals an order that denied his motion to set aside a compromise agreement and to reopen a formally closed estate to allow a recently discovered will to be admitted to probate. The order closing the estate directed the distribution of the estate to William and to two half-sisters and a half-brother of the decedent in equal shares. William argues on appeal that the trial court erred in refusing to admit to probate a subsequently discovered will that left Frank Chasel’s estate entirely to William Chasel. We affirm.

Frank Chasel died in June,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Estates of Thompson v. LaneSupreme Court of Kansas · 1979
  2. Bohlman v. Big River Oil CompanyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Weyant v. Utah Savings & Trust Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Bohannon v. TrotmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
  5. Bohannon v. . TrotmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Mascaro v. DavisUtah Supreme Court · 1987
  2. R & R Industrial Park, L.L.C. v. Utah Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Ass'nUtah Supreme Court · 2008
  3. Matter of Estate of KetterlingNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Iron Head Construction, Inc. v. GurneyUtah Supreme Court · 2009
  5. In Re the Estate of EricksonMontana Supreme Court · 2017

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