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MATTER OF ESTATE OF PINA

No. 16265.

443 N.W.2d 627 (1989)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Ingrid I. PINA, Deceased. Sylvia B. PINA and Sophia Pina, Petitioners and Appellees, v. Eugene FLAGLORE, Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale L. Mormon of Mormon, Smit, Shepard & Hughes, Sturgis, for petitioner and appellee Sylvia B. Pina.

Michael A. Jackley of Jackley & Flint, Sturgis, for petitioner and appellee Eddie Pina, Guardian ad Litem for Sophia Pina.

James W. Olson and Jeffrey P. Maks of Wilson, Olson & Nash, P.C., Rapid City, for Estate of Ingrid I. Pina, Deceased, and respondent and appellant Eugene Flaglore.

MILLER, Justice.

In this appeal, we affirm the trial court and hold that (1) an heir failed to establish a gift causa mortis of certain estate property; (2) the trial court did not improperly admit into evidence a certain letter which also contained settlement proposals; and (3) there was sufficient evidence to support the trial court's removal of the executor.

FACTS

Ingrid I. Pina (decedent) died in November 1986. At that time, her survivors included...

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