Ekblaw v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Polk county by the administrator • of the estate of John Ekblaw, deceased, against Raymond Nelson and Rolland Nelson to recover possession of certain real estate and $600, the value of the use and occupation of the same.
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Action in tbe district court for Polk county by the administrator • of the estate of John Ekblaw, deceased, against Raymond Nelson and Rolland Nelson to recover possession of certain real estate and $600, the value of the use and occupation of the same. The case was tried before Watts, J., who denied motions for verdicts in favor of plaintiff and defendants respectively, and a jury which returned a verdict that plaintiff was entitled to the possession of the east half of the premises, but that defendants were entitled to the possession of the west half. Defendants’ motion to set aside so much…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
In 1902 a widow, the mother of defendants, then boys of the age of 9 and I years, respectively, married John Ekblaw. Soon thereafter this family moved onto a quarter section of land near Crookston, Minnesota. In 1904 Mr. Ekblaw was erecting a barn on the place and needed some money. His wife let him have about $1,000 for that purpose. Two years later she became very ill and evidently disturbed as to the future of her boys in case of her death. Ekblaw then went to Crookston, caused a deed to be drawn and executed by himself alone, conveying the quarter section to defendants. The deed was the…
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