OLSEN v. BEST

No. 34390.

92 N.W.2d 531 (1958)

167 Neb. 198

Rudolph K. OLSEN, also known as R. K. Olsen, Appellant, v. Warren BEST, Administrator of the Estate of Marie E. Olsen, deceased, Esther Donahoo and Ethel Nickelson, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

October 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedersen & Pedersen, Wilbur C. Smith, Omaha, for appellant.

Finlayson, McKie & Kuhns, Omaha, for appellees.

Heard before SIMMONS, C. J., and CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER, CHAPPELL, WENKE and BOSLAUGH, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

This is a suit in equity to establish a resulting trust as to certain real estate in favor of a surviving husband as against the heirs of a deceased wife in whose name the title was vested at the time of her death.

The pertinent facts which are supported by competent evidence are as follows: Plaintiff and Marie E. Gilson were married on July 3, 1945. Plaintiff was then 55 years of age and his wife was 52. Plaintiff had two sons by a previous...

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