Nebraska Wesleyan University v. Estate of Griswold

Redick, District Judge.

Action upon a written subscription, in the form hereinafter set out, to the endowment fund of Nebraska Wesleyan University. The claim was duly filed in the county court, and upon appeal the jury was waived and the case submitted to the district court, and resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff, from which defendant appeals; and the case is submitted to this court upon a case stated and the briefs and arguments of the parties. A summary of the facts as agreed upon by the parties will suffice for the presentation of the questions to be reviewed.

The plaintiff, the…