Wallerstedt v. Trank
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Fritz O. Trank, a nephew and creditor of decedent, petitioned the probate court for Wabasha county to appoint E. L. Sylvester as administrator of the estate of Lars Person, deceased. As representative of the Kingdom of Sweden, the Swedish consul in the district of Minnesota, C. E. Wallerstedt, filed objections to the appointment of Sylvester, and a petition for the appointment of himself as administrator.
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Fritz O. Trank, a nephew and creditor of decedent, petitioned the probate court for Wabasha county to appoint E. L. Sylvester as administrator of the estate of Lars Person, deceased. As representative of the Kingdom of Sweden, the Swedish consul in the district of Minnesota, C. E. Wallerstedt, filed objections to the appointment of Sylvester, and a petition for the appointment of himself as administrator. After hearing the petitions, the court, McLeod, J., appointed Fritz 0. Trank administrator. On appeal to the district court for Wabasha county, the court, Callaghan, J., affirmed the order…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court of Wabasha county, affirming the order of the probate court of that county appointing respondent as administrator of the estate of Lars Person, deceased.
Lars Person, for many years a resident of Wabasha county, died intestate on August 7, 1918, possessed of a farm and of considerable other property in that county. He had never been married and his sole heirs are two aged sisters residing in Sweden. Respondent is the son of one of these sisters and had resided with Person on his farm for some 14 years immediately preceding his…
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