Adkins Ex Rel. Uccelli v. Oppio

*35OPINION

By the Court,

Steffen, J.:

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a will contest wherein the district court admitted the disputed will to probate despite contentions that a prior will was joint, mutual and contractual and therefore irrevocable. For reasons hereinafter specified, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

Alfredo and Angela Chiesa, husband and wife, had two children, Victoria Chiesa Uccelli and Olga Chiesa Oppio. Victoria in turn had two children, Catherine Uccelli Adkins and Robert Lewis Uccelli. In 1975, Alfredo and Angela executed a will, which provides, in pertinent part:

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