Hall v. Hooper
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court of Hall county. Heard below before Harrison, J. The issues are stated by the commissioner. References as to plaintiffs’ right of action: :2 Washburn, Real Property, p. 495*; Tiedeman, Real Property, sec. 715; Mettler v. Miller, 129 111., 630; 1 Am. & Eng. Ency.
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Appeal from the district court of Hall county. Heard below before Harrison, J. The issues are stated by the commissioner. References as to plaintiffs’ right of action: :2 Washburn, Real Property, p. 495*; Tiedeman, Real Property, sec. 715; Mettler v. Miller, 129 111., 630; 1 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 237; Ainsfield v. Moore, 30 Neb., 385. Reference as to construction and effect of the ■deed to Mrs. Milton S. Hall: Dioorah v. More, 25 Neb., 735. References as to the effect of judicial sales and .sheriffs’ deeds: Lang v. Hitchcock, 99 111., 550; Mettler v. Miller, 129 111., 630; Kirk v. Bowling, 20…
1Opinion of the Court
Irvine, 0.
For a proper understanding of this case a statement of the substance of the pleadings is necessary. The appellants, George T. Hall and Mary J. Monroe, in their petition allege that one Mrs. Milton S. Hall was in her lifetime the owner in fee of certain land in Hall county; that she died seized of said land November 24, 1871, leaving-surviving her her husband, Milton S. Hall, who is-still living, and the plaintiffs, her only children by said Milton S. Hall; and that thereby Milton S. Hall became seized of an estate by curtesy in said premises, and the plaintiffs became owners, in fee…
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