Johnson v. Olson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

The purpose of this action is the partition of a tract of land in Clay county which had been owned by Olaf Olson, who died intestate, unmar*820ried and without children on January 8, 1911. His parents, who died prior to the time of his death, were citizens of Sweden and never had been citizens of the United States. They had seven children besides Olaf, and their names were Lizzie Person, Anna Anderson, Brita Olson and Carrie Johnson, sisters of Olaf, and Erick Olson, Zackarias Olson and Lars Olson, his brothers. Only three of these were…