First Trust Co. of St. Paul v. Minnesota Historical Soc.

NORDBYE, Chief Judge.

■ Certain issues in the above cause came before this Court for determination without a jury.

This action was instituted originally by the filing of a complaint in the District Court of the County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, by the First Trust Company of Saint Paul, as executor of the last will and testament of Sophia V. H. Foster, deceased. Mrs. Foster, a lifelong resident of Saint Paul, died in New York City on December 20, 1952. After her death, there was found in the attic of her home in Saint Paul certain papers referred to in the complaint as Lot A and Lot B. Lot A…