Freeman v. Rapaich

DONALDSON, Chief Justice.

William Edward Freeman, a/k/a W. E. Freeman, died on February 9, 1971, at the age of seventy-eight, a resident of Lewis-ton, Idaho. His purported will was admitted to probate on March 4, 1971, and defendant-appellant and cross-respondent, Eli Rapaich, an attorney, was appointed executor of the will. The will names Rapaich as residuary legatee. Cross-appellant Lawrence Freeman, a/k/a Larry Freeman, filed “Grounds of Opposition to Probate of Will” on April 29, 1971, alleging that he was the half-brother of the decedent and his sole heir at law, and further alleging that…