Bloor v. Myerscaugh
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by Bloor, a resident of McLeod county, in this state, from an order of the district court for Benville county, Webber, J., presiding, affirming an order of the probate court, denying his petition that the will of Mary Thompson, of Southport, England, which had been duly proved in that country, be admitted to probate in Benville county, where real estate of the testatrix was situated, and that letters testamentary issue to him as one of the executors named in the will.
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Appeal by Bloor, a resident of McLeod county, in this state, from an order of the district court for Benville county, Webber, J., presiding, affirming an order of the probate court, denying his petition that the will of Mary Thompson, of Southport, England, which had been duly proved in that country, be admitted to probate in Benville county, where real estate of the testatrix was situated, and that letters testamentary issue to him as one of the executors named in the will. The petition was opposed by Edward Myerscaugh, the other executor named in the will, to whom letters testamentary had…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The testator’s will was admitted to probate in England,- the place of her domicil, on the 8th day of April, 1889. Edward Myerscaugh and John Bloor were named as executors of the will. Upon the probate of the will, letters testamentary were issued by the foreign court to Myerscaugh only, the court reserving the *30power of making like grant to Bloor. The testatrix died seised of lands in Kenvillé county in this state. In January, 1890, John Bloor, above mentioned, who is a resident of McLeod county, produced to the probate court of the county of Kenville a certified copy of the will and the…
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