MATTER OF ESTATE OF JONES

Nos. 13399, 13400.

320 N.W.2d 167 (1982)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Lester I. JONES, Deceased.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 2, 1982.

Rehearing Denied July 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Paul Kean of May, Johnson, Doyle & Becker, Sioux Falls, for appellants Jerald Hansen and William Harold Hansen.

Robert Frieberg of Frieberg, Frieberg & Peterson, Beresford, for appellant John W. Thomson.

John H. Zimmer of Zimmer, Richter & Duncan, Parker, for contestants.


DUNN, Justice (on reassignment).

This is an appeal from a will contest involving appellees Lawrence Rohl, Ronald Rohl and Diane Schanzenbach (contestants) and appellants John Thomson (Thomson) and William and Jerald Hansen (Hansens). The trial court found that the decedent, Lester I. Jones (Jones), executed a will on November 6, 1979, while acting under undue influence and denied probate of the will. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

Jones died...

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