SHOOK v. BELL

No. 5086.

599 P.2d 1320 (1979)

George SHOOK, Administrator of the Estate of Anna Moyer, Deceased, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. Juanita BELL, Executrix of the Estate of Sylvia Meda Sytsma, Deceased, and Verda Rasmussen, Ardie Collingsworth and Juanita Bell, as Legatees and devisees of Sylvia Meda Sytsma, Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Halsey, Newscastle, for appellant.

Thomas L. Whitley and Gordon W. Schukei, Newcastle, for appellees.

Before RAPER, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, THOMAS, ROSE and ROONEY, JJ.


ROSE, Justice.

Prior to their deaths, Frank J. and Sylvia M. Sytsma, husband and wife, lived in Weston County, Wyoming, and held the principal part of their properties as tenants by the entirety, although Frank was the sole owner of some money which went to Sylvia under his will at the time of his death. On October 11, 1976, Frank and Sylvia executed separate wills, in which each left all of his or her property to the other, providing, however, if the named beneficiary...

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