Innes v. Potter
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action, in the district court for Aitkin county by the administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Warren Potter, deceased, to recover possession of certain personal property or $100,000 the value thereof the case was tried before Wright, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of defendant. Prom the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
1. Warren Potter was the owner of 1370 shares of stock, of the par value of $100 a share, in the Potter-Casey Co. a business corporation of Aitkin county. In 1910 be was a man advanced in years. He bad made a will some years before. In the meantime *322Ms business associate, Mr. Casey, had died and his estate had been probated. There was “considerable noise” about the amount of his property, and a substantial inheritance tax had been paid. On December 27, 1910, after some talk with J. A. Oasey, son of his former associate, in which deceased stated that he wanted to leave a certain amount of…
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