Kostamo v. Northern City National Bank

Yetka, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of the district court determining that appellant was not a legal heir of decedent, Victor Breóle. We affirm.

Appellant, Richard John Kostamo, was born on May 21, 1924, to Hilma Kostamo. Upon a plea of guilty to a paternity complaint brought in the District Court of St. Louis County on November 3, 1924, Victor Breóle was adjudged to be appellant’s father.

Breóle died on September 16, 1967, in Duluth. A will, leaving $3,000 and $2,000 to a niece and nephew respectively and the residue of his estate to his brother, was admitted to probate on November 13, 1967.…