McGirr v. Farley

Beals, J. —

The late William H. Johnson was a pioneer land owner in the portion of Grant county north of the town of Hartline. His wife, whom he married late in life, died in 1933. He had no children. In August, 1942, Mr. Johnson was about eighty years of age, and owned five quarter sections of good wheat land and other land which was used as pasture. The balance of his property, which totaled over one hundred thousand dollars in value, consisted of cash and securities. For many years prior to his death, Mr. Johnson had passed most of his time in California, and had leased his farm on a share…