Legal Opinion

Shellenberger v. Ransom

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided January 2, 1891PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Error to the district court for Otoe county. Tried below before Chapman' J. cited on the first point discussed in the opinion: Perkins v. Simonds, 28 Wis., 90; Maffit v. Clark, 6 W.&S. [Pa.], 260; Coke, Litt., 12a; 2 Black., Com., 243; Butler v. King, 2 Yerg. [Tenn.], 116; Shippon v. Izard, 1 S. & R. [Pa.], 223; Gardner v. Collins, 2 Pet. [IT. S.], 58; 5 Hilliard, Real Prop., 207; Baker v. C half ant, 5 Whart. [Pa.], 477; Torrey v. Shaw, 3 Edw.

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Error to the district court for Otoe county. Tried below before Chapman' J. cited on the first point discussed in the opinion: Perkins v. Simonds, 28 Wis., 90; Maffit v. Clark, 6 W.&S. [Pa.], 260; Coke, Litt., 12a; 2 Black., Com., 243; Butler v. King, 2 Yerg. [Tenn.], 116; Shippon v. Izard, 1 S. & R. [Pa.], 223; Gardner v. Collins, 2 Pet. [IT. S.], 58; 5 Hilliard, Real Prop., 207; Baker v. C half ant, 5 Whart. [Pa.], 477; Torrey v. Shaw, 3 Edw. Ch. [N. Y.], 362. As to the second point: Riggs v. Palmer, 115 N. Y., 506, and the following maxims: Crimen omnia ex se nata vitiat, 5 Hill [N. Y.],…

1Opinion of the Court

Cobb, Ch. J.

The defendants in error on December 28, 1887, made their complaint-in the district court of Otoe county, setting up that on April 28, 1881, Elijah Gibson, then the owner *63of the northeast quarter of section 5, township 7 north, of rauge 14 east, of the 6th P. M, in Otoe county, deeded and conveyed the same, in fee simple, to Emma Shellenberger, the wife of Leander Shellenberger, and the mother of Maggie Shellenberger and Joseph Lee Shellenberger, then infants and minors ; that subsequently, and at no long period, the precise date of which does not appear, Emma Shellenberger died…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  2. New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Owens v. . OwensSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Carpenter's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  2. McAllister v. FairSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906
  3. Schmeizl v. SchmeizlCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1946
  4. Shellenberger v. RansomNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
  5. In Re Tyler's EstateWashington Supreme Court · 1926

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