Claggett v. Claggett

Gallagher, Chief Justice.

Appeal from a judgment for money and directing the cancellation of certain instruments. The case involved two actions consolidated for trial in district court; one was for the cancellation of instruments and an accounting; the other was in replevin.

George H. Claggett, a resident of Montevideo, died intestate on December 12, 1928. He was survived by his widow, Alice, plaintiff in this action, and by three sons, Ervin, Alfred, and Maurice, the latter being one of the defendants herein.

For several years prior to his death Claggett was engaged in the retail hardware…