IN RE HOUDA'S ESTATE

No. 9576.

79 N.W.2d 289 (1956)

Matter of the Appeal of Judgment Denying the Will to Probate in the Matter of the ESTATE of Vaclav F. HOUDA, Deceased.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

November 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan & Fuller, Mitchell, Emmett Glanzer, Kimball, for contestants and appellants.

Donald J. Porter, Chamberlain, for proponents and respondents.

Brown & Lindley, Chamberlain, for executor.


HANSON, Judge.

An instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Vaclav F. Houda, deceased, was presented for probate to the Brule county court. It was contested upon the ground it was not executed in the manner provided by law. The county court denied probate. On appeal and after trial de novo the circuit court entered judgment admitting the will to probate. The contestants appeal.

The testator came to Kimball, South Dakota, in 1915 and resided...

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