Betcher v. Betcher
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Goodhue county by plaintiff, as administrator de bonis non of the estate of Herman Betcher, deceased. The complaint prayed for an accounting by defendant, as executor of the will of the deceased, and for judgment for the amount which should be found to be due by defendant to the estate. From an order, Crosby, J., overruling a demurrer to the complaint, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The complaint states that on March 15, 1876, one Herman Betcher died testate; that on the 30th of that month the will was allowed and admitted to probate in Goodhue county; that *216the will named the defendant and William C. Williston as executors, and that letters testamentary were issued to them from the probate court; that during his lifetime the deceased and defendant were engaged in a general retail hardware business at the city of Red Wing, and that upon the death of Herman Betcher defendant became the sole surviving partner of the co-partnership; that in 1877 defendant made an accounting…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Peterson v. VanderburghSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
3Cited by14 opinions
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- Fischer v. HintzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
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