A-25-0388, Olson (Appellants) v. Olson
Washington County, District Court Judge Zachary L. Blackman
Attorney for Appellants: David Drew (Drew Law Firm, PC LLO)
Attorney for Appellees: Jeffrey Jarecki and Kent Olson (Jareck Sharp & Peterson, PC LLO) and Keith Harvat (Houghton Bradford Shitted, PC LLO)
Civil Action: Partition in Kind; Fair and Equitable Distribution
Action Taken by Trial Court: The district court-appointed referees recommended in kind partition. The district court adopted the report with minor modifications and ordered the appellants to pay an owelty payment of $732,637.82.
Assignments of Error on Appeal: Appellants assign as error that the district court erred in relying on the preference lists supplied by the parties, in counting the value of the appellants’ home in the division, in refusing to permit one of the appellants to testify regarding the value of the River Farm, and in failing to consider and award parcels of land on the basis of soil type and number of irrigated acres.