Stoll v. Gottbreht
North Dakota Supreme Court
'Action to determine adverse claims in District Court, Eolette County,, Buttz, J. From a judgment in favor of the defendant, William Gottbrebt, the-plaintiffs have appealed and demand a trial de novo. Until tbe will bas been duly admitted to probate in tbe proper court it is wholly ineffectual as an instrument of title. A will must be probated in tbe proper court provided by tbe Constitution and statutes before it is effectual or will pass title.
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'Action to determine adverse claims in District Court, Eolette County,, Buttz, J. From a judgment in favor of the defendant, William Gottbrebt, the-plaintiffs have appealed and demand a trial de novo. Until tbe will bas been duly admitted to probate in tbe proper court it is wholly ineffectual as an instrument of title. A will must be probated in tbe proper court provided by tbe Constitution and statutes before it is effectual or will pass title. Hon-singer v. Stewart, 34 N. D. 513, 159 N. W. 12; Walsh v. Krause, 38 N. D. 264, 181 N. W. 1891; Ee Peterson, 22 N. D. 480, 134 N. W. 751. A will…
1Opinion of the CourtBronson, J.
Statement: — This is an action to quiet title in 160' acres of land in Eolette county, North Dakota. John Kelly made a homestead entry some three or four years before bis death; be died in 1902 without having made final proof. His heirs are tbe defendant, Mary Gottbrebt, a daughter, tbe defendants Frank Higgens and Frances Higgens, tbe husband and daughter, respectively, of a post deceased' daughter, and tbe plaintiffs, Anna Stoll and Loretta Erhart, the *160daughters of a prior deceased son. A short time before his death, this entryman made a will whereby he devised the homestead in question to…
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