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CRAVEN WILL TO PROBATEThe county court this wt*«k ; admitted the will of \V. I*. Oa . veil to probate. About the first of .la.nuary Mr. On veil was {taken to the Hess house in the jeity of Fort Pierre. for treatment in tin* care of I)r. Walsh About . the fifteenth of January. .Mr On veil derided to make a will of all his property in favor of Mrs. Hess. Attorney .1, If Johnson was railed up and drew the will strictly according to the dir-eetions of Mr Craven. Tin* will i was witneus by Glen .1. Me Donald and IV II Sohlotterhack. Mr. (’raven died on the fifth day of February. 1914. Mr. Craven lias six ehildren and a wife living. One of the children came in {and contested the will on the , IT round that the same was claimed to be executed while Craven was not competent to make a ; will on the ground of undue influence* on the part of Mm. Hess. On tin* day of the hearing all tile heirs app»uu«*d by their HttonirNs. F. W. Lambert, and (\ H. Barron. Jolunaon, Brown and •lohiiNoii appeared for L. K. (Sold smith, the exeeutor named in •the will, assisted by L. R. Stephens of Pierre. At the elosp of the testimony of the two witncsM-es who atihscrihed the will, it was admitted to prohate and L. E. Goldsmith appointed exeeutor atid the ease waa comprnvni* ed so us to give Mrs Ties* all of the property except about $1600. which goes to the heirs in full satisfaction of all their claim against the estate. The exact amount which Mrs TT«*ss will g**t is not as yet known, but it is ex pected that, she will realizeabout *3.000.
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Philip Weekly Review and Bad River News
Philip, South Dakota, US
Thu, Apr 02, 1914
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