Mork v. Mellett
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from -District Court, Hill County; W. B. Rhoades, Judge. Action by Anna Mork against Cyrus Mellett and. others, heirs, etc., of Hannah Mellett, deceased, to determine plaintiff’s heirship to an interest in decedent’s homestead. From a judgment awarding the property to the defendant Cyrus Mellett and the intervener, Annette M. Hoyt, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Galen
In this ease it appears that on June 2, 1910, one Hannah Mork made homestead entry under the laws of the United States for a tract of land now located in Hill county and that subsequently she married the defendant Cyrus Mellett. Later she died intestate, and left no heirs or next of kin other than her husband, the defendant Cyrus Mellett, her mother, the plaintiff, Anna Mork, and her sister, the intervener, Annette Mattie Hoyt. After her death the defendant Cyrus Mellett, on or about March 25, 1913, made final proof on the homestead, paid all the expenses necessary and incident thereto, *479amount…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Hutchinson Investment Co. v. CaldwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Towner v. RodegebWashington Supreme Court · 1903
- Kolbow v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 1911
- Hays v. WyattIdaho Supreme Court · 1911
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