Pope v. Brown

MORGAN, Justice.

This appeal is from a will contest tried in the Seventh Judicial Circuit. The trial court denied Cecil L. Pope’s (Pope) petition to contest a will made by her sister, the decedent, Marie Gonzales (Gonzales). The will was admitted to probate on September 13, 1983, upon the petition of Mildred N. Brown (Brown) and Mabel G. Martin (Martin), both sisters of Pope and Gonzales. Notice of appeal was filed October 21, 1983, pursuant to SDCL 15-26A-3, which permits appeal from a judgment or order which affects a substantial right. We affirm.

Gonzales was a California resident most of…