MATTER OF ESTATE OF PATTEN

No. 14221.

587 P.2d 1307 (1978)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Ella D. PATTEN, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 27, 1978.

As Amended February 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams, R. Keith Strong argued, Great Falls, for appellant.

Alexander, Kuenning, Miller & Ugrin, Edward C. Alexander argued, Great Falls, for respondent.


HASWELL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the granting of summary judgment by the District Court, Pondera County, denying admission to probate of a copy of the purported Last Will and Testament of Ella D. Patten, deceased.

Ella D. Patten died September 14, 1973. Her heirs are her two sons: Donald Patten, proponent and appellant, and Robert Patten, contestant and respondent.

The parties to this proceeding were previously before this Court litigating...

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