IN RE ESTATE OF COLE

No. C4-00-1172.

621 N.W.2d 816 (2001)

In re ESTATE OF Ruth N. COLE, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

February 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross F. Plaetzer, Minneapolis, MN, (for appellant Vining).

Eric C. Dammeyer, Davis & Dammeyer, L.L.P., Edina, MN, (for respondent personal representative).

William E. Sjoholm, Thomsen & Nybeck, P.A., Edina, MN, (for respondent Heidelberg).

Ann Huntrods, Darlene M. Cobian, Briggs and Morgan, St. Paul, MN, (for respondent Shriners Hospitals).

Considered and decided by KALITOWSKI, Presiding Judge, RANDALL and CRIPPEN, Judges.


OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge

The will of decedent Ruth N. Cole states a bequest to her friend, appellant Veta J. Vining, in "the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($25,000)." Appellant disputes the trial court's determination to consider testimony of the will's scrivener that explains the contradictory language of the will. We affirm.

FACTS

Ruth N. Cole executed a will on July 1, 1999, and died testate on July 8, 1999. Respondent personal representative...

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