Kentopp v. Kentopp

These two partition cases, which have been consolidated in this court on appeal, involve the same parties and the same real estate which was owned by a decedent whose estate was in the process of probate in the county court of Richardson County, Nebraska. One of the two cases was filed in the District Court and one was later commenced in the county court. The District Court determined that it had acquired jurisdiction first because the District Court case was filed first and, after trial in the District Court, entered an order of partition and appointed referees, but did not order a sale. The…