Backus v. Burke
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiffs, Hattie M. Backus and Louisa B. Smith, from an order of the District Court of St. Louis County, Stearns, J., made May 14, 1892, denying their motion for a new trial, and for leave to amend their complaint, and from the judgment entered May 18, 1892, in favor of defendants, and from an order made May 26, 1892, refusing to vacate and set aside the judgment.
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Appeal by plaintiffs, Hattie M. Backus and Louisa B. Smith, from an order of the District Court of St. Louis County, Stearns, J., made May 14, 1892, denying their motion for a new trial, and for leave to amend their complaint, and from the judgment entered May 18, 1892, in favor of defendants, and from an order made May 26, 1892, refusing to vacate and set aside the judgment. The facts in this action are fully stated in the report of the former appeal, 48 Minn. 260, and to that statement reference is made. After the opinion was filed in the former appeal, the plaintiffs moved this court to…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This was an action to determine adverse claims to real property, and an opinion which disposed of an appeal by de*112fendants by reversing a judgment entered against them may be found reported in 48 Minn. 260, (51 N. W. Rep. 284.) It will be seen that both parties claimed title to the premises through one Hoffman, a former owner; the plaintiffs under a mortgage given by Hoffman to one Tischer, and by the latter foreclosed by advertisement, and the defendants under .conveyances from the heirs of Hoffman, who had recently deceased. The only contention upon the trial was as to the validity of the…
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