Vesey v. Vesey

Matson, Justice.

Appeal from an order sustaining separate but identical demurrers to plaintiffs’ complaint.

Plaintiffs brought action in the district court against Mary Ellen Vesey, widow of William S. Vesey, and against the Marquette National Bank of Minneapolis, as administrator of decedent’s estate, (1) to restrain the administrator from distributing the assets and closing the estate, and (2) for judgment declaring that Mary Ellen Vesey is not entitled to inherit anything from her husband on the alleged ground that she feloniously took his life within the meaning of M. S. A. 525.87.

Plaintiffs…