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IN RE BLAKE'S ESTATE

No. 10199.

136 N.W.2d 242 (1965)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Frank BLAKE, Deceased. Callie B. TINKHAM and Arthur Blake, Contestants and Appellants, v. Mary Elizabeth DOTSON, Sr., Florence Ingersoll, Charlie Ingersoll, Cleo Scott Berry, Elsie Blake, Marion Blake Matt, Bonny Davis, Mickey Karinen, Reuben Juntti, LeRoy Rathburn, Louise Hartwell and First National Bank of the Black Hills, Proponents and Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

June 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donn Bennett, Buffalo, for contestants and appellants.

Hayes & Richards, Deadwood, for respondent, Mary Dotson.

Gale B. Wyman, Belle Fourche, for respondents, Florence Ingersoll, and others.

Stephens & Brandenburg, Belle Fourche, for respondent First Nat. Bank of the Black Hills.

HOMEYER, Judge.

This case involves a contest of the will of Frank Blake. The contestants, Arthur Blake and Callie B. Tinkham, are a nephew and niece of the decedent. They filed an opposition to its probate the essence of which is that the execution of such instrument was procured by the exercise of undue influence upon the deceased by Mary Dotson, one of the beneficiaries. The opposition was disallowed and the contestants...

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