IN RE ESTATE OF NEISWENDER

No. 21288.

616 N.W.2d 83 (2000)

2000 SD 112

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF John LeLand NEISWENDER, Deceased.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided August 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.P. Fuller of Fuller, Tellinghuisen, Gordon and Percy, Lead, Attorneys for appellant Elaine Neiswender.

Steven C. Beardsley and Linden R. Evans of Truhe, Beardsley, Jensen, Helmers, and Von Wald, Rapid City, Attorneys for appellee Claire Neiswender.


KONENKAMP, Justice

[¶ 1.] In this probate action, the circuit court refused to exclude real property in New Mexico from the estate of John L. Neiswender. The deceased had bequeathed the property to his wife, but his daughter contended that a family agreement restricted the transfer to blood relatives. The court ruled that evidence of an agreement was inconclusive, and that even if an agreement existed, it was void as an unreasonable restraint on the free alienation...

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