Hoverson v. Hoverson

Julius J. Olson, Justice.

In this action for partition or sale under Minn. St. 1941, § 558.01 (Mason St. 1927, § 9524), plaintiffs prevailed. The only dissatisfied party is defendant Benjamin A. Hoverson, who appeals through his special guardian, Frank P. Heil, from an order denying his blended motion for amended findings or a new trial. Only that part of the order denying a new trial is properly here.

The property involved is a Blue Earth county farm of 320 acres owned and used as a unit over a period of more than half a century. As a matter of fact, the home quarter section (SW% of section 2,…