Kerlee v. Smith
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Ravalli County; R. Lee McCulloch, Judge. Action by Myra Kerlee and another against James F. Smith. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
Action in ejectment. On February 7, 1898, Albert Freeman died intestate in Ravalli county. Among the assets of his estate were lots' 8 and 9 in block 16 in the town of Hamilton, with a building thereon known as the “Cottage Hotel.” He left surviving him, as his only heirs at law, Martha A. Freeman, his widow, Egbert Freeman, a son by a prior marriage, and the plaintiffs, Myra Kerlee, nee Myra Sherrill, and George F. Sherrill, children of a daughter by the prior marriage. At the time of Freeman’s death the plaintiffs were minors. They are now sui juris. Pending the administration, Egbert…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bullerdick v. HermsmeyerMontana Supreme Court · 1905
3Cited by2 opinions
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