IN RE METZ' ESTATE

No. 9705.

100 N.W.2d 393 (1960)

Matter of the ESTATE of Wesley METZ, Deceased. Herman IMEL, Proponent and Appellant, v. Maude METZ, Contestant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roswell Bottum, Rapid City, L. E. Schreyer, Lake Andes, for proponent and appellant.

Morgan & Fuller, Mitchell, W. C. Zeitner, Armour, for contestant and respondent.


HANSON, Judge.

The validity of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Wesley Metz is involved in this appeal. Metz died in a hospital in Rapid City on November 17, 1955. The following day one Herman Imel filed decedent's will dated August 4, 1955, for probate in the County Court of Charles Mix County. The will gave $1,000 to decedent's former housekeeper, Kattie Smith, of Wagner, South Dakota. The entire remainder of the estate was bequeathed...

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