Johnson v. Petersen

This action was begun by the heirs of Lena Petersen, first wife of Soren T. Petersen, deceased, and who "died in 1875 without issue, to enforce a trust in the property in controversy, because it was purchased with the proceeds of a converted draft, Lena Petersen’s share in a legacy. The defendants are the children of the deceased and his second wife, Maren, now Mrs. Hansen. Defendants contend that the beneficiaries of the trust cannot follow the property, even though so purchased, because it had been *505conveyed by Petersen to Ms second wife (their mother) in 1876 in consideration of marriage,…