Sorensen v. Sorensen
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court oif Valley county. Tried below before Thompson, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. Defendant in error is not a competent witness to testify to a verbal contract of marriage between berself and Hans C. Sorensen, deceased.
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Error from the district court oif Valley county. Tried below before Thompson, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. Defendant in error is not a competent witness to testify to a verbal contract of marriage between berself and Hans C. Sorensen, deceased. (Code of Civil Procedure, sec. 329; Wylie v. Charlton, 43 Neb. 840; Denison v. Denison, 35 Md. 361; Redgrave v. Redgrave, 38 Md. 93; Kimball v. Kimball, 16 Mich. 211; Poioell v. Powell, 114 111. 329; Cole v. Cole, 153 111. 589; Sharmer v. McIntosh, 43 Neb. 516; Ransom v. Schmela, 13 Neb. 77; Kroh v. Heins, 48 Neb. 692; Davis v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Ragan, C.
Hans C. Sorensen died intestate February 3,1895, leaving both real and personal property situate in Valley county, of which he was an inhabitant. Lars Sorensen and others, children of a deceased brother and sister of Hans C. Sorensen, made application to the county court for letters of administration of the estate of said Hans C. Sorensen, alleging that Hans had died intestate, leaving no widow nor issue, and that they, his nephews and nieces, were his next of kin and only heirs at law. A Mrs. Ellen Sorensen, or Ferguson, appeared in that proceeding and alleged that she was the widow…
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