Wallin v. Kinyon Estate

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Meagher County, the Hon. LeRoy L. McKinnon presiding, granting proponent’s motion for a directed verdict admitting the will of Jesse Kinyon to probate.

The testator, Jesse Kinyon, by will dated January 18, 1971, made bequests of $1,000 each to three nieces (including contestant Eunice Wallin), $2,000 to a cousin, King Walters, and bequeathed the remainder of his estate to the Mayn Cemetery District. The will indicates the testator’s reason for leaving the remainder of his estate to the cemetery district was to make possible the…