Court Opinion

ID: 9829287
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 19:09:49.991238+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:42:59.517064
License: Public Domain

On Appellants’ Motion for Rehearing.
Appellants complain, among other things, of our holding that they were the sole heirs of Augusta Legler and entitled to receive the residue of her estate, for the reason that Josef Legler, Sr., her husband, survived her and is entitled to participate, under the laws of descent and distribution, in the distribution of said residue. In this they are correct. While Josef Legler, Sr., appears to have participated in the contest of the final account in the probate court, he did not join in the appeal to the district court, nor in the appeal to this court. The judgment here appealed from properly awarded him a one-third interest in the residue of said estate, and one-third to each of the appellants. The statement and holding in our original opinion overlooked the fact that Josef Legler, Sr., had not appealed. The opinion and order is therefore corrected accordingly, directing the trial court to make distribution of such residue equally between Frank Legler, Edna Legler, and Josef Legler, Sr. To this ex-tent said motion is granted. Otherwise it is overruled.
Granted in part and in part overruled.
On Appellee’s Motion for Rehearing.
Appellee in his motion for rehearing calls our attention to the fact that the ■total commissions claimed by him and allowed by the probate court was $194.21, instead of $229.25, as stated in our original opinion. In this he is correct and our original opinion is corrected accordingly. The error was due to improper inclusion in the report filed in the probate court of ah item of $35.04, which should have been excluded. This correction, however, does not affect the conclusions reached nor the disposition of the appeal.
It is also urged for the first time that the finding of the trial court that “the Guardian is indebted to the estate of his ward in the sum of $668.46,” less authorized deductions, was erroneous to the extent of $200, and should have been $468.46. This error, if it were an error, was not called to the trial court’s attention, no opportunity given that court to correct it, no complaint by cross-assignment or otherwise made by appellee either in the trial court or on this appeal. We have not undertaken to recapitulate the entire account, as corrected and filed in the district court, to determine the exact amount due the surviving heirs of Augusta Legler, but have accepted the findings of the trial court, except as to the commissions disallowed by the district court.
If, however, such finding was incorrect, and the final account properly recapitulated so shows, the trial court is authorized, upon this reversal, and before certifying its judgment to the probate court, to correct its former findings so as to fix and determine the true residue of such estate for distribution.
To this extent said motion is granted. Otherwise it is overruled. .
Granted in part and in part .overruled.