Gollnik v. Mengel
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Mathilda Gollnik petitioned the probate court for Morrison county for an order of court setting aside to her certain real estate as the homestead of William R. Gollnik, deceased, and praying that the court allow the selection of personal property.
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Mathilda Gollnik petitioned the probate court for Morrison county for an order of court setting aside to her certain real estate as the homestead of William R. Gollnik, deceased, and praying that the court allow the selection of personal property. Adelaide Mengel, as one of the heirs of William R. Gollnik, deceased, and the guardian of four minor children of deceased, joined in objections on the ground that Mathilda Gollnik had been duly convicted of the murder of deceased, her husband, and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor for such murder. The petition was granted and petitioner,…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
Mathilda Gollnik was duly convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree, because of the killing by her of her husband, William It. Gollnik. Notwithstanding this, the probate court made an order setting aside to- her, as the widow, the homestead and certain personal property. The order was affirmed by the district court, and is now here for determination.
The only question is whether the widow is barred from her statutory inheritance in her husband’s property because his death was caused by her criminal act. This question received elaborate' consideration in Wellner v. Eckstein, 105…
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