ECTON v. ECTON

No. DA 12-0512.

300 P.3d 706 (2013)

2013 MT 114

Douglas P. ECTON, Personal Representative of the Estate of Zales N. Ecton, Jr., Applicant and Appellant, v. Zales N. ECTON, III, Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided April 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Lynda S. White , Berg, Lilly & Tollefsen, P.C., Bozeman, Montana, William E. McCarthy , Reid J. Perkins , Worden Thane, P.C., Missoula, Montana.

For Appellee: Cindy E. Younkin , Younkin Law, PLLC, Bozeman, Montana, Cory J. Swanson , Attorney at Law, Helena, Montana.


Justice PATRICIA O. COTTER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Douglas P. Ecton (Doug), the personal representative of the estate of Zales N. Ecton, Jr. (Decedent), appeals from a final distribution order of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, which interpreted Decedent's last will and testament to devise the entirety of Decedent's real property known as the "Home Ranch" to Zales N. Ecton, III (Zales). We affirm.

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