Putnam v. Pitney
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by the petitioner from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, refusing a new trial of his appeal (on questions of law only) from an order of the probate court refusing to admit to probate the will of Charles A. Washburn, deceased, the cause having been tried by Young, J., and judgment ordered affirming the order appealed from.
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Appeal by the petitioner from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, refusing a new trial of his appeal (on questions of law only) from an order of the probate court refusing to admit to probate the will of Charles A. Washburn, deceased, the cause having been tried by Young, J., and judgment ordered affirming the order appealed from. In the probate and the district court the petition was opposed by the administrator with the will annexed, duly appointed by the proper probate court in New Jersey.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The short facts, according to their legal effect, may be stated thus: A creditor, residing in the state of Maine, whose debtor died in the state of New Jersey, the place of his domicile, and where his will has been probated and letters testamentary issued, and where the administration of his estate is now being had, petitions the probate court of Hennepin county in this state that the will be admitted to probate, and letters of administration with will annexed be issued. The petition alleges that the deceased debtor, at the time of his death, left certain personal property in Hennepin county,…
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