Knutson v. Hederstedt

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to quiet title, and it comes to this court as an appeal from a judgment denying plaintiff’s claim of interest in certain Ottawa county lands.

The main facts were these: Heretofore, one Knut J. Knutson, late of Saline county, died testate, devising a life estate in real and personal property with power of diminution to his wife, and providing that after her death his executors should convert all his remaining property into money and divide it as follows: To his four daughters, Hannah, Ella, Hilda and Sophia, 19 per cent…