MATTER OF ESTATE OF FIKSDAL

No. 15062.

388 N.W.2d 133 (1986)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF J.R. FIKSDAL, a/k/a Johan Richmond Fiksdal, Deceased.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon J. Vander Linden, Webster, for appellant Security Bank.

Duane C. Anderson, Christopherson, Bailin & Anderson, Sioux Falls, for appellee Borghild Fiksdal; John C. Peters, Hartford, Conn., on brief.


SABERS, Justice.

Decedent's children and his executor appeal from the trial court's judgment that decedent made an inter vivos gift of his coin collection to his wife. We reverse.

Statement of Facts

Johan Richmond Fiksdal (Fiksdal), owned a furniture store and funeral parlor in Webster, South Dakota. He was an avid hunter and collector, and had among his possessions valuable coin, stamp, gun, and Indian artifact collections.

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