Matter of Estate of Wilson

These cases involve the right of nonresident aliens to acquire real estate in Nebraska by purchase and devise. Case No. 40147 is an action to quiet title. Case No. 40148 is an appeal from a decree in a proceeding in the county court of Box Butte County, Nebraska, to probate the will of Sidney Fielden Wilson, deceased. The cases were consolidated for trial in the District Court. Since each case involves the same question they have been considered together in this court.

Sidney Fielden Wilson was a citizen and resident of England. In 1914 he purchased a quarter section of land in Box Butte…