Shepherd & Pierson Co. v. Baker

Simon Pepin died testate in 1914; he devised large tracts of land in Hill, Blaine and Cascade counties to his adopted daughter, Elizabeth Pepin, and bequeathed the sum of $5,000 to her in trust for the maintenance of “Rose Trottier, the mother of said Elizabeth Pepin.” Elizabeth Pepin became the wife of Frank H. Meyer prior to the death of Simon Pepin. Pepin’s will was probated and his estate settled, and thereafter Elizabeth Meyer conveyed a considerable portion of the Pepin lands to the Shepherd & Pierson Company.

Rose Trottier cohabited with, and was supported by, Simon Pepin for more than…