Estate of Swanson

This appeal is taken from the district court of the first judicial district of the State of Montana in and for the County of Lewis and Clark and represents a contest between the petitions for letters of administration which were filed by Hazel Haefner Swanson, the respondent, and Ralph A. Swanson, the appellant. Hazel Haefner Swanson’s petition was based upon her claim that she was the wife of George William Swanson, the decedent. Ralph A. Swanson’s petition was based upon the claim that Hazel Haefner Swanson was not the wife of the decedent and asserted his right of surviving brother to be…