Becthold v. King
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Olmsted county to recover $214.30. The facts are stated in the opinion. The action was tried before Snow, J., and after his death was submitted upon the transcript of the evidence to Granger, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for the amount demanded. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
The facts giving rise to this action are these: At the time of his death in 1907, Cornelius Beethold was the owner of a 280-acre farm in Winona county, 80 acres of which was his homestead. The estate was probated, and a decree entered distributing the farm to the widow and eight children in accordance with our statute of descent. Thereafter negotiations were had between six of the children looking to the purchase of the whole farm by one of the six, this plaintiff. All of them at that time believed that the other two children, Frank and Lena, who had left the home many years prior to the…
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