MATTER OF ESTATE OF GEIS

No. 2 CA-CIV 4247.

132 Ariz. 350 (1982)

645 P.2d 1264

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Margaret E. GEIS, Deceased. Margaret L. HOPE, Petitioner/Appellant, v. Vernon B. KASSEBAUM, Personal Representative of the Estate of Margaret E. Geis, Deceased, Respondent/Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Rehearing Denied May 12, 1982.

Review Denied June 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bilby, Shoenhair, Warnock & Dolph, P.C. by Clague A. Van Slyke and Andrew M. Federhar, Tucson, for petitioner/appellant.

Lesher, Kimble & Rucker, P.C. by Monte C. Clausen, Tucson, for respondent/appellee.


OPINION

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in ruling that jewelry, located in a safety deposit box, passed under the decedent's will to her sister, Elizabeth Swanson.

Decedent, Margaret E. Geis, died on December 10, 1980, at the age of 79 years. She was survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Elizabeth and Fred Swanson, her niece, the Swanson's daughter, Margaret L. Hope, and Mrs. Hope's children, Elizabeth...

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