MATTER OF ESTATE OF JOHNSON

No. 14124.

344 N.W.2d 86 (1984)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF John Merriam JOHNSON, Jr., Deceased. Doris STRATTON and Raymond Johnson, Petitioners and Appellants, v. Joseph E. HABEGER, Administrator and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided February 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome B. Lammers of Lammers, Lammers, Kleibacker & Casey, Madison, for petitioners and appellants.

John E. Burke, Sioux Falls, for administrator and appellee.


WOLLMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order appointing Joseph Habeger as administrator of the estate of John Merriam Johnson, Jr., deceased. We affirm.

Decedent died intestate in September of 1982. It is uncertain whether there are any living heirs on decedent's mother's side of the family. On his father's side, the closest living heir is his uncle, Samuel Johnson. Decedent also predeceased several cousins...

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