Levant State Bank v. Shults

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment in a partition action determining the rights of certain minor defendants.

There is little controversy as to the facts. Jessie Jane Shults had title to a quarter section of land which she and her husband mortgaged to the Thomas County Bank of Colby to secure a loan of $1,200. Thereafter and on January 3, 1924, Mrs. Shults died intestate, leaving as her heirs her husband and three minor children. The husband, L. H. Shults, was appointed guardian of the estates of the minors and collected $3,000 insurance moneys…