Legal Opinion

Cousins v. Alworth

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided November 17, 1890PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for St. Louis county, Stearns, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after trial by the court and judgment ordered establishing defendants’ title as owners of the 1,623.48 acres of land in that county described in the complaint.

1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.

This action was brought to quiet the title to certain real property claimed by both parties. There was no controversy over the facts. One Linnie Y. Atwater was the owner of the property on September 20,1886. She was not then, and never has been, a resident of this state. The plaintiff’s claim is based upon a deed in due form, executed, acknowledged, and delivered to him by said Atwater on March 12, 1890, while the defendants’ adverse claim of title depends upon the sufficiency and regularity of the proceedings in an action to recover the amount of two promissory notes, brought in the district…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Cooper v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  3. Barber v. MorrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
  4. Johnson v. MossNew York Supreme Court · 1838
  5. Kenney v. GoergenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Corson v. ShoemakerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
  2. Alexander v. CreelDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1944
  3. Curran v. NashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
  4. Wipperman Mercantile Co. v. JacobsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  5. In Re Debancourt's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1937

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