Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Eggl

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 10, 2010No. 20100048PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] DiMarie Bjorge appeals from a district court order interpreting Tony Eggl’s will. We hold Tony Eggl’s will is not ambiguous and demonstrates Tony Eggl intended for his residuary estate to be distributed per capita among his nieces and nephews. We affirm the district court order.

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[¶ 2] Tony Eggl died in January 2009. He was predeceased by all five siblings, four of whom had children. Tony Eggl had sixteen nieces and nephews, fourteen of whom survived him. The niece who predeceased Tony Eggl had five children, four of whom survived Tony Eggl. The nephew who predeceased…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Matter of Estate of PetersonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Matter of Estate of StuckleNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Matter of Estate of ZimblemanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Schlosser v. North Dakota Department of TransportationNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2009
  5. Schmidt v. SchmidtNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. In Re the Estate of GeierSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2012
  2. Hollingsworth v. HollingsworthNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2012
  3. Estates of ShubertNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2013
  4. Curtiss A. Hogen Trust B v. HogenNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2018
  5. Dixon v. DixonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2021

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