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MELVIN v. FARMER

No. 8591.

561 P.2d 455 (1977)

Jean Dopkins MELVIN, Appellant, v. Lola F. FARMER, Administratrix of the Estate of Eola Cline Reade, Deceased, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 17, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legarza, Lee, Barengo, Doyle & McNally, Reno, for appellant.

Vargas, Bartlett & Dixon and John P. Sande, III, Reno, for respondent.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

A petition to admit to probate the will of Eola Cline Reade was filed January 2, 1973.

On January 17, 1973, Myrl H. Soutar and Merna Whelan, nieces of the decedent, petitioned to contest the will. A notice of this contest was served on Jean Dopkins Melvin, ordering her to respond within thirty days. She failed to do so and the contest was concluded by a court-approved settlement in September 1974. The will was admitted to probate...

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