State Ex Rel. Reid v. District Court of Second Judicial District

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE ADAIR:

Margaret G. Reid, 85, a widow and life-long resident of Madison county, Montana, died on March 13, 1950, leaving-estate in such county, real and personal, worth upwards of $400,000. Her only heirs at law were three adult sons, namely: George H. Reid, Alvin F. Reid and Almon G. Reid, all residing in Madison county.

On March 17, 1950, George H. Reid, by his attorneys, Frank E. Blair and John M. Comfort, both of Virginia City, Montana, filed in the district ■ court of Madison county, a petition for *491the admission to probate of a writing purporting to be decedent ’s last…