Tyner v. Varien
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The probate court for Dakota county having made an order denying an application to admit to probate the will of John Tyner, deceased, over the objections of the sons of decedent, the defendants, proponents of the will, appealed to the district court-for that county. The case was tried before Crosby, J., who made findings sustaining the will and reversing the order of the probate court. From a judgment entered pursuant to the findings, plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court, sustaining the will of John Tyner after the probate court had refused to admit it to probate.
John Tyner died testate, November 10, 1903, at the age of eighty-seven, leaving as heirs at law three sons, Richard, Thomas, and John, one daughter, Rebecca O’Leary, the children of two deceased daughters, and his wife Margaret. The will in question was executed July 3, 1891. The property consists of one hundred sixty acres of land in Dakota county, Minnesota, and personal property of about the value of $4,500. Under the will Richard, Thomas,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Coffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- MacKall v. MacKallSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Rivard v. RivardMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
- Fisher v. . BishopNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Schmidt v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
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