Bazille v. Murray
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Bamsey county, to determine the adverse claims of the defendants to certain vacant lands of which the plaintiff claims to be the owner.
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The plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Bamsey county, to determine the adverse claims of the defendants to certain vacant lands of which the plaintiff claims to be the owner. The defendants William P. Murray and Carrie 0., his wife, answered, denying plaintiff’s ownership, denying that the lands are vacant and unoccupied, and alleging that the defendant Carrie C. Murray is the owner of the lands, and has been in continuous adverse possession thereof for more than 20 years prior to the commencement of the action. The action was tried, without a jury, before Brill; J., who…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
Action to determine adverse claim to real property. The plaintiff alleges that she is the owner in fee-simple. The defendants deny plaintiff’s title, and allege title in themselves. Upon the trial, the evidence introduced to support defendants’ claim of title consisted — First, of a deed from Louis Laravie (also plaintiff’s remote grantor) to defendant W. P. Murray and one Charles Bazille, dated August 23, and recorded August 25, 1856; and, second, evidence tending to show adverse possession by defendant C. C. Murray for more than 20 years.
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