Legal Opinion

Boyd v. Wallace

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1900PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Pembina County; Sauter, J. Action by Alpheus Boyd against Henry W. Wallace and E. A. Taylor. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBartholomew, C. J.

This is an action to determine adverse claims to real property. Plaintiff stands upon a naked legal right. Pie cannot adduce one equitable consideration to support a decree in his favor. In 1889 he received patents from the general government for two quarter sections of land in Pembina county. Some time thereafter he mortgaged each quarter section for the sum of $1,000. He failed to pay any interest upon these mortgages, and in due time they were foreclosed and the land sold under the foreclosure, and in the fall of 1896 the time for redemption from such sales was about to expire. Plaintiff…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Farnsworth v. BellTennessee Supreme Court · 1848
  2. Valentine v. MahoneyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869
  3. Brady v. BradySupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  4. Cannon River Manufacturers' Ass'n v. RogersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
  5. Williams v. CooperCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. KingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Great Plains Supply Co. v. EricksonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Hart v. Village of WyndmereNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Gerwein v. McDonnellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1926
  5. Kolpack v. KolpackWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906

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