Nelson v. Pratt

The principal parties to the litigation are the plaintiff, Mrs. Nelson, and the defendant, William Pratt. They are sister and brother. Since the trial below the plaintiff, Mrs. Nelson, died and her administrator has been substituted. We shall discuss the case without reference to the administration.

It appears that the father of these parties, who was formerly the owner of the farm involved herein, died in December 1900 having first provided a conveyance of his farm of 160 acres to his wife for life and the remainder to his two children, the principal parties herein. At the time of his death…