Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Zech

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided November 7, 1979No. 12506PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TICE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment admitting a last will and testament dated June 16, 1970, executed by Paul Zech (deceased) into probate and the issuance of letters testamentary to Charles Tesch. The judgment appealed from was entered following a lengthy trial in which collateral heirs of decedent attempted to block entry of the will into probate on the basis of undue influence. We affirm.

FACTS

Decedent passed away at Aberdeen, South Dakota, on April 15,1977. He was at that time eighty-three years of age. Decedent had never been married and at the time of his death his four…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of HobelsbergerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Imel v. MetzSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1960
  3. In Re Metz'EstateSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1960
  4. In Re Rowland's EstateSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1945
  5. In Re Blake's EstateSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1965

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Matter of Estate of NelsonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Matter of Estate of WeickumSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
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  4. Matter of Estate of ElliottSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Matter of Estate of TillSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1990

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