In re the Estate of Evans
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Tamazine M. Evans appealed to the district court from the decree of distribution of the probate court for Hennepin county, Dahl, J., assigning to her an undivided one-third of the real estate belonging to the estate of her husband, Owen J. Evans, and to the Minneapolis Trust Company, in trust for the uses and purposes set forth in his will, an undivided two-thirds thereof.
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Tamazine M. Evans appealed to the district court from the decree of distribution of the probate court for Hennepin county, Dahl, J., assigning to her an undivided one-third of the real estate belonging to the estate of her husband, Owen J. Evans, and to the Minneapolis Trust Company, in trust for the uses and purposes set forth in his will, an undivided two-thirds thereof. The appeal was heard by Eish, J., who made findings that the making' of the contract mentioned in the opinion did not revoke the will; that the gift of $200 per month during her life was additional to her statutory…
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
By his will Dr. Owen J. Evans of Minneapolis, after making a number of unimportant bequests, devised all of his property to the Minneapolis Trust Company, in trust, to pay from the rents and profits $200 per month to his wife during her life, and upon her death, with unimportant exceptions, the property remaining was to be sold and the pro*254ceeds distributed among his collateral blood. relatives. After making his will he made a contract for a lease of certain property in Minneapolis, which was the principal portion of the property devised in trust, for 100 years, and in this contract, which was…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Hulett v. CareySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Walton v. WaltonNew York Court of Chancery · 1823
- Mary Lucinda Bosley v. Margaret E. WyattSupreme Court of the United States · 1853
- Graham v. BurchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Wollgast v. HenningSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
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