Legal Opinion

Williams v. Reid

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided July 2, 1915No. Nos. 19,343—(226)PublishedCited by 8 opinions

From the final decree of the probate court for Ramsey county assigning the residue of the estate of Philip E. Reid to Josephine Reid Greene, Charles Clark Reid and Edward Reid, share and share alike, Bazille, J., Shelly Williams appealed to the district court for that county. The appeal was heard before Dickson, J., who found that Shelly Williams was the only surviving heir at law and next of kin of decedent and entitled to inherit the whole of his estate.

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From the final decree of the probate court for Ramsey county assigning the residue of the estate of Philip E. Reid to Josephine Reid Greene, Charles Clark Reid and Edward Reid, share and share alike, Bazille, J., Shelly Williams appealed to the district court for that county. The appeal was heard before Dickson, J., who found that Shelly Williams was the only surviving heir at law and next of kin of decedent and entitled to inherit the whole of his estate. From the order entered pursuant to the order for judgment, Edward H. Reid appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtSchaller, J.

Philip E. Reid, a resident of St. Paul, Minnesota, died intestate October 16, 1912, leaving property in Ramsey county, in this state. His estate was probated and on the twenty-fourth of April, 1914, the probate court of Ramsey county made its final decree, adjudging Edward H. Reid, the appellant herein, to be the child and one of the heirs at law of Philip E. Reid, and assigning a certain portion of the estate to him as such child and heir at law.

Shelly Williams appealed to the district court of Ramsey county and on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1915, the matter was tried to the court…

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pederson v. ChristoffersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Koep v. KargerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
  2. In Re Estate of KargerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
  3. Reilly v. ShapiroSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
  4. Swenson v. LewisonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  5. In Re Estate of SnethunSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1930

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