Hagen v. Sacrison
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Richland county; Allen, J. Action by Halvor J. Hagen against Severin Sacrison. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Where a trust in a will is void, power of sale falls with it and the property descends to the heirs.
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Appeal from District Court, Richland county; Allen, J. Action by Halvor J. Hagen against Severin Sacrison. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Where a trust in a will is void, power of sale falls with it and the property descends to the heirs. Jones v. Kelly, 72 N. Y. Supp. 24; Harrington v. Pier, 82 N. W. 345; McPIugh v. McCole, 40 L. R. A. 724; Haward v. Peavey, 21 N. E. 503; 1 Williams on Exrs. 663, et seq.; Read v. Williams, 125 N. Y. 560; Parker v. Linden, 113 N. Y. 28, 20 N. E. 858; Penfield v. Tower, 1 N. D. 216, 46 N. W. 413. Suspension of the power of alienation must be…
1Opinion of the CourtFisk, J.
(after stating the facts as above.) The motion for a dismissal of the appeal should, we think, be denied; but, in view of our decision upon the merits, we deem it useless to state our reasons for denying such motion or to further notice the same.
The assignments of error are nine in number; -but they all relate to the correctness of the conclusions of law numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7, and such conclusions merely involve the question of the validity of item 6 of such will. Generally speaking, the facts in this case call for the application of certain well-recognized rules of construction and…
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