Johnson v. Hilliard

In a declaratory judgments action brought in the district court, B. C. Hilliard, Jr., public administrator of the estate of Augusta L. Scharf, sought determination of the ownership of certain bonds claimed by Louise M. Johnson, also known as Mrs. Henry Johnson, and Anna Zalinski.

Reference will be made to the parties either by name or as plaintiff and defendants as that position was taken by them in the trial court. Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff, to review which defendants sued out this writ of error.

The facts giving rise to this controversy are substantially as follows: Augusta…