IN RE ESTATE OF DION

No. 20000178.

623 N.W.2d 720 (2001)

2001 ND 53

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Leo H. DION. Viola Bartusch, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Kenneth Hager, Personal Representative of the Estate of Leo H. Dion, Respondent and Appellee, Carnegie Library and Devils Lake Area Foundation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

March 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Viola Bartusch, Elk River, MN, pro se.

Peter K. Halbach, Haugland, Halbach and Halbach, Devils Lake, ND, for respondent and appellee.

J. Thomas Traynor, Jr. (appeared), Traynor, Rutten & Traynor, P.C., Devils Lake, ND, for appellee.


KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Viola Bartusch appealed from a judgment and numerous other court orders involving the estate of her late brother, Leo H. Dion. We conclude the trial court did not err in denying her motion for change of venue or in its rulings during and after trial, and did not err in upholding the validity of Dion's June 1998 will. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] Leo Dion was born February 1, 1917, near Lakota. Dion had 12 siblings and moved...

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