MATTER OF SHEA

Nos. 50512, 50519.

297 N.W.2d 123 (1980)

In the Matter of the Appeal of William C. SHEA, from an Order of Probate Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota, denying probate to the purported Last Will and Testament, dated 12-17-78, in the Estate of Margaret G. Cory, deceased. Leonard CORY et al., Appellants, v. William C. SHEA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peterson, Gray & Sheahan, St. Paul, for appellants.

Briggs & Morgan, St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants Leonard Cory and Mildred Cory, the brother and niece of the decedent Margaret G. Cory, were granted permission to appeal from an order and subsequent judgment of a three-judge panel of the Ramsey County District Court. We reverse and remand.

The decedent died on May 10, 1976, and these proceedings centered upon three instruments purporting to be her wills. The most recent instrument, dated December 17, 1975, was the subject of a petition...

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