Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Hedstrom

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 25, 1991No. Civ. 900399PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MESCHKE, Justice.

Alton Hedstrom appealed from an order of the county court approving the Final Accounting and Distribution for the estate of Lillian C. Hedstrom and affirming a prior court order offsetting $18,000 of Alton’s indebtedness to the decedent from his share of the distribution. Because Alton is bound by his agreement in open court to accept the $18,000 setoff, and by the prior court order approving that setoff, we affirm.

Lillian died on July 14, 1990, and devised her property to her eight children equally. Her will directed:

During my lifetime I have made certain loans of money to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. EnnisNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Matter of Estate of RakettiNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Bohlman v. Big River Oil CompanyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Aaker v. AakerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Michigan Bell Telephone Company v. SfatMichigan Court of Appeals · 1989

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  5. Johnson v. Estate of JohnsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1993

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