IN RE KRAFT'S ESTATE

No. 175.

374 P.2d 413 (1962)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Albert KRAFT, Deceased. Faye KRAFT, Appellant, v. Emil KRAFT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. L. McCarrey, Jr., and William A. Hilton, Anchorage, for appellant.

John S. Mansuy, Jr., Anchorage, for appellee.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and AREND, JJ.


DIMOND, Justice.

Albert Kraft died on December 30, 1960, from alcoholism and cancer. A will purportedly executed by him the same day was offered for probate by the named executor, Emil Kraft, brother of decedent and appellee on this appeal. One third of decedent's property was left to his wife, and the residue to a daughter by a previous marriage. The wife, Faye Kraft, filed a petition contesting the will. After a hearing, the court found she had failed to establish...

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