Smith v. Wold
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Two actions by tbe administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of H. A. Corey, deceased, in the district court for Winona county.
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Two actions by tbe administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of H. A. Corey, deceased, in the district court for Winona county. The actions were tried together before Snow, J., who made findings and as conclusion of law in the Wold case found that the action should be dismissed, and in the other case that the instrument given by the testator to defendant Wold was not testamentary in character and was not void; that it was neither actually nor constructively fraudulent as against Betsy Corey or any other person; that the transfer of property thereby effected was legal and…
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
Two actions brought by the plaintiff as administrator of H. A. Corey, one against Theodore Wold and the heirs of Corey, and the other against the heirs alone. The only heir served or appearing is the defendant C. G. Corey. The actions were tried together. There were judgments for the defendants and the plaintiff appeals.
The actions need not be discussed separately. They involve this state of facts: Corey died April 23, 1911, aged 89 years. He had been married three times. His third wife survives him. She was 67 years of age at his death. He left surviving him four children by his…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Logenfiel v. RichterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
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