Reeves v. Sawyer
Supreme Court of Minnesota
From an order of the probate court for Hennepin county allowing in full a claim filed by plaintiff against the estate of Burt J. Sawyer, deceased, defendants, as administrators of the estate, appealed to the district court for said county. The case was tried before Pond, J., who found that certain items of the claim accrued more than six years prior to the death of decedent, and judgment was ordered reversing the order of the probate court as to those items.
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From an order of the probate court for Hennepin county allowing in full a claim filed by plaintiff against the estate of Burt J. Sawyer, deceased, defendants, as administrators of the estate, appealed to the district court for said county. The case was tried before Pond, J., who found that certain items of the claim accrued more than six years prior to the death of decedent, and judgment was ordered reversing the order of the probate court as to those items. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed to the supreme court.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Burt J. Sawyer, a resident of Minneapolis, died intestate September S, 1900. Previous to' this date he had been engaged in carrying on an extensive farm and operating a general store at Glenwood, in this state. Appellant, who was an attorney at law, from November 22, 1891, until April 1, 189G, rendered legal services for decedent, and advanced moneys for insurance and taxes on his property, aggregating in amount several thousand dollars. For these services and advances he had from time to time made charges on his books of account, and had also entered credits of amounts received, whereby it…
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