IN RE ESTATE OF MORTON

No. 3551

428 P.2d 725 (1967)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Robert A. MORTON, Deceased. Robert J. MORTON and Charles R. Morton, Appellants (Contestants below), v. M.S. REYNOLDS, as Executor of the Estate of Robert A. Morton, Deceased, Mr. Emilio Veniegas, and The First Presbyterian Church of Cheyenne, Appellees (Proponents below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter C. Urbigkit, Jr., Cheyenne, for appellants.

Paul B. Godfrey, Ward A. White, Cheyenne, for appellees.

Before GRAY, McINTYRE, and PARKER, JJ.


Mr. Justice GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

Robert A. Morton, a longtime resident of Cheyenne, Wyoming, died February 27, 1965, and was survived by Robert J. Morton and Charles R. Morton, his nephews and only legal heirs. Following his death a purported will dated May 12, 1960, was offered for probate by M.S. Reynolds as the executor named therein, and in due course the instrument was admitted to probate as the last will and testament of said decedent.

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