Fauber v. Keim
Decision Date | 09 October 1909 |
Docket Number | 15,471 |
Citation | 122 N.W. 849,85 Neb. 217 |
Parties | CATHARINE FAUBER, APPELLANT, v. HARRISON KEIM, APPELLEE |
Court | Nebraska Supreme Court |
REHEARING of case reported in 84 Neb. 167. Reversed.
REVERSED.
Plaintiff commenced this suit in the district court for Thayer county to establish a lien on 160 acres of defendant's land in Thayer county for the amount of a legacy under her father's will, and to require defendant, who took the land under it, to account to her for her share of the estate. Joseph Keim, the father of both plaintiff and defendant formerly owned the property, and disposed of it by a will containing the following provisions:
Among other things, it is disclosed by the record that Joseph Keim died in June, 1888, and that his will was probated in July following. His widow, Mary Keim, died in January, 1903. At the time of testator's death plaintiff was a married woman, and her husband is still living. The "home place" mentioned in the will is the land in controversy. In the manner described by testator it was appraised at $ 5,000 and accepted by defendant. When the will was executed October...
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