Erskine v. Board of Regents of University of Neb.

This is a suit against the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska to recover possession of 320 acres of land which had been devised to such board by the will of Cora E. Rogers, deceased, subject to specified conditions. Plaintiffs are named devisees of the real estate in the event of the failure of the Board of Regents to comply with the conditions attached to the devise. Plaintiffs alleged a failure of compliance on the part of the Board of Regents and asserted title to the lands as contingent devisees. The trial court found that the Board of Regents had complied with the terms of…