Dakota Midland Hospital v. Pagel

WOLLMAN, Chief Justice.

Mary King, the decedent, died January 21,1975. A petition for probate of her will was filed in circuit court on January 22, 1975. On December 6, 1976, the executor, George Pagel, petitioned the court for authority to mortgage or sell property from the estate in order to pay the remaining federal taxes, and for a determination whether the taxes were to be paid from the share of the estate going to the charities, appellants herein — Dakota Midland Hospital and Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Twin Cities Unit, Minneapolis, Minnesota or whether the taxes should be…