Black v. Peterson

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

H.N. Peterson has appealed from a district court judgment decreeing that Franklin C. Black is the sole owner of certain farmland and requiring Peterson to “render an accounting of his trusteeship of the land.” We affirm.

Black was born in 1958. He lived with his grandmother, Ellen Magnuson, until he was nine years old, when Magnuson arranged for him to live with Peterson, who became Black’s legal guardian. Black lived with Peterson until he was seventeen years old.

In 1971, Magnuson conveyed her farmland to Black, reserving a life estate. Peterson was aware of this…