In re Ellis' Estate
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by Rachel Ellis, Jane Walker and Charles Ellis, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Chas. E. Otis, J., made May 24,1893, denying their motion for a new trial. Flora Ellis of St. Paul filed her petition in the Probate Court of Ramsey County, December 13, 1892, praying to be appointed ad-ministratrix of the estate of Matthew Ellis, deceased..
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Appeal by Rachel Ellis, Jane Walker and Charles Ellis, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Chas. E. Otis, J., made May 24,1893, denying their motion for a new trial. Flora Ellis of St. Paul filed her petition in the Probate Court of Ramsey County, December 13, 1892, praying to be appointed ad-ministratrix of the estate of Matthew Ellis, deceased.. She represented that she was his widow,.that he died in that City December 7, 1892, intestate and without issue or surviving parent, and possessed of real and personal property valued at $60,000. Jane Walker, a sister, and Charles…
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
Appeal from an order appointing an adminis-tratrix. Stating tbe history of tbe matters involved in chronological order, in 1869 Matthew Ellis and Rachel Cottrell, then residents in Wisconsin, intermarried in that state, and resided therein —tbe latter part of tbe time at Hudson — from tbe time of their marriage till October, 1883, when they came to St. Paul, Minnesota. February 29,1884, she commenced by proper personal service of summons an action against him for divorce in tbe Circuit Court for tbe county of St. Croix, (in which Hudson is situated,) in said state. Her complaint was sworn to…
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