IN RE SWAN'S ESTATE

No. 8246.

4 Utah 2d 277 (1956)

293 P.2d 682

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILDA GAIL SWAN, DECEASED. THEO SWAN HENDEE, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. WALKER BANK & TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILDA GAIL SWAN, DECEASED; GRANT MACFARLANE, DANIEL KOSTOPULOS AND ADA BRIDGE, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rawlings, Wallace, Roberts & Black, N.J. Cotro-Manes, LeGrande P. Backman, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Paul H. Ray, Grant C. Aadnesen, Athol Rawlins, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


WADE, Justice.

Theo Swan Hendee, plaintiff and respondent here, contests the will and codicils of Wilda Gail Swan, which were admitted to probate June 25, 1952. Theo is an older sister and sole heir of Gail who died May 28, 1952, at age 62 without issue and unmarried. The will was signed May 2, 1947, the first codicil signed February 20, 1950, and the second codicil was signed April 23, 1951. These instruments were all drawn by Grant Macfarlane, as her attorney and...

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