Tobin v. Haack
Supreme Court of Minnesota
John Joseph Tobin filed for allowance in the probate court for Ramsey county an instrument purporting to be the last will of Kate Ludwig, deceased. Eliza Haack and another filed objections, and from an order refusing to allow the will the proponent appealed to the district court for that county. In the district court the case was tried before O. B. Lewis, J., who found in favor of the objectors, and directed judgment affirming the order of the probate court.
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John Joseph Tobin filed for allowance in the probate court for Ramsey county an instrument purporting to be the last will of Kate Ludwig, deceased. Eliza Haack and another filed objections, and from an order refusing to allow the will the proponent appealed to the district court for that county. In the district court the case was tried before O. B. Lewis, J., who found in favor of the objectors, and directed judgment affirming the order of the probate court. From a judgment entered pursuant to the findings, the proponent appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This is an appeal by J. J. Tobin from a judgment of the district court of Ramsey county affirming an order of the probate court of the same county refusing the probate of the will of Kate Ludwig, and also from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
It appears from the record that Kate Ludwig, at the time of her death, in July, 1898, was a widow without children, leaving'surviving her, as next of kin, three sisters and the children of a deceased brother. She owned certain real and personal property at the time of her death, and attempted, at least, to dispose of it by her last will and…
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