Pogue v. Fegan

Magnet, Justice.

James P. Cunningham was the owner of about 600 acres of improved farm land in Goodhue county, which with his personal property inventoried at $28,096.70. He resided eight miles from Cannon Falls. His death at the age of 80 years occurred on May 16, 1942. He was the last of a family of two brothers and two sisters, who had inherited two farms from their parents. None of the brothers and sisters had married, and, as the others predeceased James, he ultimately, as the sole survivor, owned both farms. The day before his death he executed a will leaving all his property to a…