Kolbeck v. Myhra

Dell, Chief Justice.

Defendant lives in Wahpeton, North Dakota, and operates a 1,600-acre farm near there. He is also the owner of seven buildings in St. Paul, Minnesota, valued at $30,000 and containing 13 rental units from which the annual income was, at the time of the hearing, approximately $7,800. Either defendant, his wife, or a daughter, who lived in Minneapolis, took care of leasing the property and its general supervision. In 1953 or 1954 defendant or his wife determined that one of the buildings, a duplex, needed painting. Decedent, plaintiff’s husband, although employed full time at…