Legal Opinion

Minnesota Loan & Trust Co. v. Douglas

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided January 26, 1917No. Nos. 29,044—(191)PublishedCited by 12 opinions

The Minnesota Loan & Trust Company, as executor of the last will and testament of Curtis H. Pettit, deceased, petitioned the probate court for Hennepin county for the allowance of its final account of its administration, and for the assignment of the residue of the estate to the persons entitled thereto.

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The Minnesota Loan & Trust Company, as executor of the last will and testament of Curtis H. Pettit, deceased, petitioned the probate court for Hennepin county for the allowance of its final account of its administration, and for the assignment of the residue of the estate to the persons entitled thereto. Bessie P. Douglas, the daughter of decedent, filed objections to. the assignment of the estate to the Minnesota Loan & Trust Company, as trustee under said last will and testament, on the ground that the attempted gifts, devises and bequests of the estate of said testator to said trustee in…

1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.

Curtis H. Pettit in January, 1908, made his will. After making some minor bequests, of no importance here, he devised and bequeathed all the rest of his property to the Minnesota Loan and Trust Company of Minneapolis in trust to hold, manage, control and dispose of, together with the income therefrom arising, for the uses and purposes and with and subject to the powers and provisions therein declared. He died May 11, 1914, leaving surviving his widow, one child, Mrs. Bessie P. Douglas, and her three minor children as his only heirs at law. At the time of the execution of the will, and the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Von Baumbach v. Sargent Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. State v. Royal Mineral Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  3. Pray v. . HegemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  4. Boeing v. OwsleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  5. State v. EvansSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Youngstown Mines Corp. v. ProutSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
  2. Congdon v. CongdonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
  3. State Ex Rel. Inter-State Iron Co. v. ArmsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
  4. In re the Trusteeship under the Last Will & Testament of BellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
  5. Matter of Great Northern Iron Ore PropertiesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978

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