Village of Mankato v. Willard
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiff, claiming to be the “ owner in fee simple, and. in trust for the public, for their use, 'as a levee and public landing,” of certain premises, brought this action in the District Court for Blue Earth County, to cancel certain deeds alleged to be a cloud upon plaintiff’s title. The cause was tried before the Court without a jury. Both parties appeal from the judgment rendered. No exceptions were taken to the rulings of the Court upon the trial.
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The plaintiff, claiming to be the “ owner in fee simple, and. in trust for the public, for their use, 'as a levee and public landing,” of certain premises, brought this action in the District Court for Blue Earth County, to cancel certain deeds alleged to be a cloud upon plaintiff’s title. The cause was tried before the Court without a jury. Both parties appeal from the judgment rendered. No exceptions were taken to the rulings of the Court upon the trial. The pleadings, the ■findings of the Court below, and the judgment appealed from, so far as necessary to an understanding of the points…
1Opinion of the Court
Wilson, Ch. J.
By the Court The premises involved in this litigation are situated in the Yillage of Mankato, on the bank of the Minnesota River, and are claimed and used as a levee or public landing. The lands embraced in the site of the Yillage were purchased in May, 1858, from the Government of the Dnited States by the lion. Charles E. Flandrau, then a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Minnesota, in trust, for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof, under the Act of Congress entitled “ An Act for the relief of citizens of Towns upon lands of the Dnited States,…
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