United States v. Sorenson

BIEGELMEIER, Retired Justice.*

On March 10, 1976, proponents filed a petition for the probate of the Last Will and Testament of Eugene J. Podgursky, deceased. To that petition the United States of America, hereafter sometimes referred to as contestant, filed a “Complaint Contesting Will,” alleging the deceased died on January 9,1976, in the Veterans’ Administration Hospital, Ft. Meade, South Dakota, and at the time of his death was unmarried and without heirs; that his estate consisted of funds derived from benefits payable under the laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration of the…