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NELSON v. McMICKEN

No. 2621

72 Wyo. 444 (1954)

266 P.2d 238

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JARDA ELIZABETH NELSON, sometimes known as JARDA NELSON, Deceased. ALMA A. PETERSON, ELLEN M. KASTNER, Contestants and Appellants, vs. A.R. McMICKEN, Executor of the Last Will of Jarda Elizabeth Nelson, Deceased, ELMER G. PETERSON and ROGENE E. PETERSON, Contestees and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

February 8, 1954

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the contestants and appellants the cause was submitted upon the brief of Ellery, Gray & Hickey of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and oral argument by Mr. Norman B. Gray.

For the contestees and respondents the cause was submitted upon the brief of Eph U. Johnson of Rawlins, Wyoming, Lathrop & Lathrop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and oral argument by Mr. Carleton A. Lathrop.

OPINION

BLUME, Chief Justice.

This is a contest of a will. Jarda Elizabeth Nelson died in Carbon County, Wyoming, on September 2, 1951. She had property which she had inherited from her deceased husband who died in 1939. The property consisted of grazing and other lands amounting to more than 50,000 acres and some sheep and other personal property. She executed a will on...

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