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MATTER OF ESTATE OF PIERCE

No. 12785.

299 N.W.2d 816 (1980)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of William PIERCE, Deceased.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Luce of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, for contestant and appellant.

LeRoy S. Lassegard, Mitchell, for proponent and appellee.

Leonard E. Andera of Andera, Margadant & Erickson, Chamberlain, for beneficiaries and appellees.

GROSSHANS, Circuit Judge.

This is a will contest. The appeal follows the decision of the circuit court admitting the last will and testament of William Pierce to probate. We affirm.

William Pierce (decedent) passed away at a nursing home in White Lake, South Dakota, on December 4, 1978. He was eighty-nine years old. He had never married. Decedent was survived by his sister, Margaret Pierce, a nephew, Evan Jones, and a niece, Margaret Konechne, contestant and...

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