MATTER OF ESTATE OF MODDE

No. 13596.

323 N.W.2d 895 (1982)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Charles T. MODDE, Deceased.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. McMahon of Boyce, Murphy, McDowell & Greenfield, Sioux Falls, for appellants Al Henle, James P. Henle, Janice Henle Pierce, Annette Menig, Rose Kelsheimer, Pete Modde, Mary Jordan, Mary Henle Moon, and James Modde.

Thomas J. Johnson of Quaintance, Swanson & Johnson, Sioux Falls, for appellee John Modde.


DUNN, Justice (on reassignment).

This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court denying Al Henle's (appellant) petition for summary administration and admitting an unsigned copy of a will of Charles T. Modde, decedent, to probate and allowing John L. Modde (appellee) to proceed with his petition for summary administration. We affirm.

Decedent died on September 23, 1978. His heirs-at-law consist of nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces. There...

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