MATTER OF ESTATE OF McCLELLAND

No. 12938.

541 P.2d 780 (1975)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of James M. McCLELLAND, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided October 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Adams, Jr., argued, Billings, for appellant.

Donald E. Ronish, argued, Leonard H. McKinney, argued, Lewistown, for respondent.


CASTLES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a district court judgment finding that the appellant, Genie Driver, was not the common law wife of the deceased, James M. McClelland, and therefore, had no interest in his estate.

James M. McClelland died on October 3, 1972, and his mother filed a petition for letters of administration and was, on October 25, 1972, appointed as administratrix of deceased's estate. On about February 1, 1973, appellant, who designates...

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