Thielen v. Strong

Plaintiff appealed from an order denying her motion for a new trial.

Peter C. Thielen, a widower, owned certain real estate. He gave a mortgage thereon to the Turners Building Association. Thereafter he married plaintiff. He died December 2, 1926. The real estate so owned and mortgaged was decreed to Grover Thielen and Vera Safro, children of decedent by a former marriage, subject to the life estate therein of his widow, the plaintiff.

About three years after the death of Peter C. Thielen there was a default in the terms of the mortgage, and on September 4, 1929, the premises were sold on…