MATTER OF ESTATE OF TILL

No. 16647.

458 N.W.2d 521 (1990)

In the Matter of the Estate of Franklin J. TILL, Deceased.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 11, 1990.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt E. Solay, Haven L. Stuck of Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, P.C., Rapid City, for appellant.

Michael "Mick" Strain, White River, for appellees.


WUEST, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a will contest in which the circuit court held that the Last Will and Testament of the decedent, Frank Till (Frank), was a product of undue influence. As a result, the circuit court held this will to be invalid. We reverse.

Frank was born in July of 1899. He had three brothers and one sister, all of whom had predeceased him. Frank's sister left two children: Frank Matson and Alleyne Schaar. One of his brothers left...

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