Malcolm v. Larson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

The question in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying plaintiff’s motion to dismiss defendant’s cross petition for want of jurisdiction.

On January 23,1943, plaintiff commenced his action in the district court. The petition alleged that plaintiff was the duly appointed, qualified and acting administrator of the estate of Albert Renspeas, who died November 6,1942, being at the time of his death the owner *424of certain personal property of the reasonable value of: $957.50, an exhibit being attached showing the items and value of…