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Lowry v. Mayo

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 9, 1889PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Hicks, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict directed for plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.

This action is brought to recover possession of ■a quarter-section of land occupied by the defendant. Each party claims to have the title in fee. The plaintiff claims to have derived title under a mortgage executed by defendant to one Eollins, to secure the sum of $2,000 and interest, payable three years after date. In February, 1879, this mortgage was assigned by Eollins to one Eeuben Mayo, the defendant’s brother, but remained in the possession cf the defendant till March 7, 1879, when, at Osceola, in the county of Polk, in the state of Wisconsin, the defendant executed an assignment of the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Trenton Banking Company v. . DuncanNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  2. Brown v. . BowenNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
  3. O'Brien v. KrenzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
  4. Thorp v. MerrillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
  5. Willis v. JelineckSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Welborn v. WhitneySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
  2. Telford v. FrostWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Backus v. BurkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
  4. Harney v. MontgomeryWyoming Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Hebden v. BinaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1908

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