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Opinions in Minnesota that cite Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 20 N.W. 324.

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  • Minn. 2021
  • In re Guardianship of Durand 845 N.W.2d 821 Minn. Ct. App. 2014
  • In re Guardianship of Durand 845 N.W.2d 821 Minn. Ct. App. 2014
    ” Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336, 350 , 20 N.W.
  • Morris v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. 386 N.W.2d 233 Minn. 1986
  • Morris v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. 386 N.W.2d 233 Minn. 1986
    xpressly so provide.” Agassiz & Odessa Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Magnusson, 272 Minn. 156, 166 , see also Minnesota-Iowa Television Co., d at 311 (“[I]f the legislature had intended to overrule the line of cases prohibiting punitive damages in contract cases, it would have specifically provided for such awards in the statute”); Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336, 349 , (statutes are enacted with regard to existing common law and should be construed to harmonize with that law “unless t
  • Gabel v. Ferodowill 95 N.W.2d 101 Minn. 1959
  • Gabel v. Ferodowill 95 N.W.2d 101 Minn. 1959
    Bank v. Towle, 118 Minn. 514 , ; Strauch v. Uhler, 95 Minn. 304 , ; Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , ; In re Estate of Rogers, 141 Minn. 93 , .
  • Gau v. Hyland 41 N.W.2d 444 Minn. 1950
  • Gau v. Hyland 41 N.W.2d 444 Minn. 1950
    Stabs v. City of Tower, 229 Minn. 552 , 40 N. W. (2d) 362 ; State v. Bolsinger, 221 Minn. 154 , 21 N. W. (2d) 480 ; Foley v. Whelan, 219 Minn. 209 , 17 N. W. (2d) 367 ; Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336, 349 , ; 6 Dunnell, Dig.
  • LeBorius v. Reynolds 23 N.W.2d 1 Minn. 1946
  • In Re Estate of Leborius 23 N.W.2d 1 Minn. 1946
  • LeBorius v. Reynolds 23 N.W.2d 1 Minn. 1946
    See, also, Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , ; Brown v. Brown, 42 Minn. 270 , .
  • In Re Estate of Leborius 23 N.W.2d 1 Minn. 1946
    See, also, Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , 20 N.W.
  • In Re Estate of Hencke 19 N.W.2d 718 Minn. 1945
  • In Re Estate of Hencke 19 N.W.2d 718 Minn. 1945
    Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336, 355 , .
  • Strader v. Haley 12 N.W.2d 608 Minn. 1943
  • Strader v. Haley 12 N.W.2d 608 Minn. 1943
    In Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336, 356 , , we held that an election made by a guardian on behalf of a widow in another state to take under a will was binding on the widow and “precluded” her from making a different election in this state.
  • Forster v. First & American National Bank 4 N.W.2d 353 Minn. 1942
  • In Re Estate of Hencke 4 N.W.2d 353 Minn. 1942
  • Forster v. First & American National Bank 4 N.W.2d 353 Minn. 1942
    City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Schnader, 293 U. S. 112 , 55 S. Ct. 29 , 79 L. ed. 228; Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , .
  • In Re Estate of Hencke 4 N.W.2d 353 Minn. 1942
    29 , 79 L. ed. 228 ; Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , 20 N.W.
  • Rickel v. Peck 2 N.W.2d 140 Minn. 1942
  • In Re Guardianship of Overpeck 2 N.W.2d 140 Minn. 1942
  • In Re Guardianship of Overpeck 2 N.W.2d 140 Minn. 1942
    320 ; Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , 20 N.W.
  • Rickel v. Peck 2 N.W.2d 140 Minn. 1942
    For example, the probate court may exercise such jurisdiction to order an election on behalf of an incompetent person to take under or against the provisions of a will, In re Estate of Carey, 194 Minn. 127 , ; Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , ; State ex rel.
  • In Re Guardianship of Strom 286 N.W. 245 Minn. 1939
  • Abrahamson v. Strom 286 N.W. 245 Minn. 1939
  • Abrahamson v. Strom 286 N.W. 245 Minn. 1939
    Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336, 355 , .
  • In Re Guardianship of Strom 286 N.W. 245 Minn. 1939
    Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , 355 , 20 N.W.
  • Carey v. Brown 260 N.W. 320 Minn. 1935
  • In Re Estate of Carey 260 N.W. 320 Minn. 1935
  • Carey v. Brown 260 N.W. 320 Minn. 1935
    Nor had the devise of these lands, made by this will, the effect to divest the widow of such legal estate.” Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336, 348, 349 , .
  • Strizich v. Zenith Furnace Co. 223 N.W. 926 Minn. 1929
  • Strizich v. Zenith Furnace Co. 223 N.W. 926 Minn. 1929
    Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336, 319 , ; State Bank of Milan v. Sylte, 162 Minn. 72 , .
  • State Bank of Milan v. Sylte 202 N.W. 70 Minn. 1925
  • State Bank of Milan v. Sylte 202 N.W. 70 Minn. 1925
    “Statutes are enacted * * * with regard to the existing principles of the common law and of equitable jurisprudence, and should be so construed as to harmonize with the existing body of law, unless the intention to change or repeal it is apparent.” Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 (349), .
  • Hentges v. Hoye 197 N.W. 852 Minn. 1924
  • Hentges v. Hoye 197 N.W. 852 Minn. 1924
    This is in line with what seems to have been the view of the court when Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , , was decided nearly 40 years ago, and strengthens the conviction that our statute should receive a similar construction.
  • Benz v. Rogers 169 N.W. 477 Minn. 1918
  • Benz v. Rogers 169 N.W. 477 Minn. 1918
    Washburn v. Yan Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336, 355 , .
  • Kelleher v. Kelleher 168 N.W. 586 Minn. 1918
  • Kelleher v. Kelleher 168 N.W. 586 Minn. 1918
    602 , 45 N. E. 982 ; Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , ; Brown v. Brown, 42 Minn. 270 , ; Sorenson v. Carey, 96 Minn. 202 , .
  • Mechling v. McAllister 160 N.W. 1016 Minn. 1917
  • Mechling v. McAllister 160 N.W. 1016 Minn. 1917
    The doctrine of election as applied to cases where there is an obligation upon a widow to elect as between her dower in lands devised by her husband and provisions made in her behalf by the will, is fully discussed in Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , .
  • State ex rel. Minnesota Loan & Trust Co. v. Probate Court 152 N.W. 845 Minn. 1915
  • State ex rel. Minnesota Loan & Trust Co. v. Probate Court 152 N.W. 845 Minn. 1915
    See Tracy v. Tracy, 79 Minn. 267 , ; Sorenson v. Carey, 96 Minn. 202 , ; Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , ; Radl v. Radl, 72 Minn. 81 , .
  • Boeing v. Owsley 142 N.W. 129 Minn. 1913
  • Boeing v. Owsley 142 N.W. 129 Minn. 1913
    It was thus declared in Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , , and in Fairchild v. Marshall, 42 Minn. 14, 16 , , we find the following: “This court decided, in Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, supra, as before stated, that a will such as that under consideration made a case-for election on the part of the widow between the provision made by it in her favor
  • Estate of Nordquist v. Sahlbom 131 N.W. 323 Minn. 1911
  • Estate of Nordquist v. Sahlbom 131 N.W. 323 Minn. 1911
    And though, if the survivor be insane and incapable personally of making the election, it may perhaps be made by a duly constituted guardian, or by the probate court (State v. Ueland, 30 Minn. 277 , ; Washburn v. Van Steenwyk, 32 Minn. 336 , ; State v. Hunt, 88 Minn. 404 , ), the right is personal to the surviving spouse, and does not pass on his or her death to the personal representative or heirs.