Hildebrandt v. Hildebrandt

Miller, J.:

The defendant lessee has appealed the finding of the district court that the plaintiffs were the legal owners of real property pursuant to a general warranty deed executed November 9, 1981, and entitled to possession.

The dispute in this case involves the seven children of George Hildebrandt, Sr., and the facts upon which the trial court relied are not disputed.

On December 10, 1980, George Sr., then 78 years old, gave his daughter, Georgia Hester, a special power of attorney “to buy, sell, mortgage, encumber, lease or rent any or all of the real estate” then owned by him. Sometime…