Legal Opinion
Erickson v. Carlson
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided January 30, 1914No. 17,500PublishedCited by 5 opinions
• Appeal from the district court for Phelps county Harry g. Dungan, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
This is a suit to quiet in plaintiff title to 120 acres of laiad in Phelps county. The action was dismissed, and plaintiff has appealed.
When Carl Peterson owned the land in controversy, he died intestate November 13, 1906. Plaintiff is his daughter and resides In Chicago. His two sons are the defendants. They live in Sweden. Plaintiff asserts that her brothers are non-resident aliens who are prohibited by the laws of Nebraska from inheriting land in this state,, and that therefore her father’s realty descended to her, the only heir capable of taking it under the statutes of descent.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Butschkowski v. BrecksNebraska Supreme Court · 1913
3Cited by5 opinions
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