Legal Opinion

In Re Hendricks'estate

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided August 24, 1961No. 7886PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BURKE, Judge.

H. W. Plendricks died on January 10, 1959. On January 12, 1959, H. A. Porter filed a petition for the probate of a purported will of the deceased. Under the terms of this purported will Porter was the principal devisee and legatee.

The heirs at law of the testator filed objections to the probate of the will upon two grounds; first, that the testator was mentally incompetent to make a will, and second, that the testator was induced to make the will by undue influence upon the part of Porter. The county court denied the probate of the will upon the ground that it had been procured…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Stormon v. WeissNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Hendricks v. PorterNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1961

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Hammonds v. Aetna Casualty & Surety CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1965
  2. Lembke v. UnkeNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Brauer v. James J. Igoe & Sons Construction, Inc.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1971
  4. Buehner v. HoevenNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Sprenger v. SprengerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1966

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