Brennan v. Carroll

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court denying defendant’s motion for amended findings or for a new trial.

Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of Earl E. Brennan who died on December 14, 1958, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Minneapolis. Decedent left no wife or children but was survived by the plaintiff, who was his brother, and several sisters, including de*522fendant, Evelyn B. Carroll, wife of Lynn B. Carroll,1 Cecil Mc-Whinney, Phyllis Paul, and Bernice Kunz, as well as nieces and nephews.

Prior to 1956 decedent had been employed for a number…