Hjelm v. City of St. Cloud
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tlie district court for Benton county to set aside a deed to certain property conveyed by plaintiff’s father to defendant city. The case was tried before Parsons, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of defendant. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
1. Swan Hjelm was for many years prior to September, 1912, the owner of a small home worth $700 in the city of St. Cloud. He never became a pauper in the ordinary sense of that term, but in 1912, by reason of advanced age and feeble health, he became in need of an attendant to take care of him and was without ready means to secure such service. He proposed to the city that he would deed to it the property above mentioned in consideration of the city agreeing to furnish to him food, care, medical attention and personal attendance during the balance of his life, and decent burial upon death.…
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