Fiske v. Lawton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
From a decree of distribution in the matter of the estate of Garafilia Herrick, deceased, in the probate court for Hennepin county, George R. Smith, J., Izzie H. W. Lawton appealed to the district court for that county, where the appeal was heard before Leary, J. who made findings and ordered judgment that Luella H. Fiske was not an heir of decedent and was not entitled to any share in her estate and reversed so much of the decree of distribution of the probate court as…
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From a decree of distribution in the matter of the estate of Garafilia Herrick, deceased, in the probate court for Hennepin county, George R. Smith, J., Izzie H. W. Lawton appealed to the district court for that county, where the appeal was heard before Leary, J. who made findings and ordered judgment that Luella H. Fiske was not an heir of decedent and was not entitled to any share in her estate and reversed so much of the decree of distribution of the probate court as found that said Luella was an heir and assigned her a share of the estate. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
Appeal by Luella Herrick Fiske from a judgment of the district court, reversing so much of the decree of the probate court as awarded her a share in the estate of Garafilia Herrick, deceased.
In 1853 and 1854, William W. Herrick and his wife, the deceased, *87resided in Ohio, and were childless. Eiley and Sarah Ghaston, of the same place, then had a daughter, the mother of this appellant, aged about four years. During the same or the following year, this child was taken into the Herrick family, given their name, brought up by them in their home, and known and introduced as their daughter, and…
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