Rong v. Haller
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In the matter of the estate of Severt K. Rong, deceased, the probate court for Goodhue county entered a final decree of distribution assigning the residue of the estate to a certain charitable corporation as sole devisee and legatee of the decedent, subject to the execution of a certain express trust contained in testator’s will. From this order, Soffi Rong appealed to the district court for Goodhue county.
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In the matter of the estate of Severt K. Rong, deceased, the probate court for Goodhue county entered a final decree of distribution assigning the residue of the estate to a certain charitable corporation as sole devisee and legatee of the decedent, subject to the execution of a certain express trust contained in testator’s will. From this order, Soffi Rong appealed to the district court for Goodhue county. On the motion of Axel Haller, executor of the estate, and after hearing before Williston, J., who found that no notice of appeal was ever served on, directed to or filed in the probate…
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
The will of the ancestor of the appellant was duly admitted to probate. In due ■ course the petition for allowance of final account of the executor of the will and for the assignment of the residue of said estate to persons entitled thereto by law came on for hearing. The court made an order allowing final account. In that proceeding the executor appeared by his attorney. The heirs of the deceased also appeared by attorneys. At the request of the attorneys for the heirs, the hearing and consideration of application for the construction of the will and for the assignment of the residue of the…
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