Chellquist v. Eustance
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Cascade County; H. H. Ewing, Judge. In Ee Estate of Mathilda Peterson, Deceased. Petition for distribution by Ellen S. Eustance, to which George Chellquist and another filed objections. From a decree for petitioner, objectors appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
On February 2, 1902, Mathilda Peterson died, leaving a will which designated Amandus J. Chellquist, her son, and Ellen S. *97Eustance, her daughter, as sole devisees. At the time the will was executed, Mrs. Peterson had several other children living, but no one of them is named in the will, and no provision is made for any of them. The daughter, Ellen S. Eustance, was appointed administratrix with the will annexed, and in October, 1912, presented to the district court her final report and petition for distribution. She set forth that she had succeeded to the interest of her brother Amandus J.…
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