Stinson v. Doolittle
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota
. In Equity. Suit by James Stinson against Ormis H. Doolittle, Charles J. Doolittle, and others to correct a mistake in the record of a deed.
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. In Equity. Suit by James Stinson against Ormis H. Doolittle, Charles J. Doolittle, and others to correct a mistake in the record of a deed. This is a suit in equity, and the complainant seeks a decree declaring that a certain deed made by one Benjamin P. Hoyt and wife to David Schellenharger, dated June 21, 1850, described and conveyed “fifteen and two one-hundredths acres off the south side of the north-west quar: ter of the north-west quarter of section number thirty, (30,) in township number twenty-nine (29) north, of range number twenty-two (22) west of the fourth principal meridian;”…
1Opinion of the Court
Sanborn, Circuit Judge.
The first question in this case is whether Hoyt and wife, by their deed of June 21,1850, described and conveyed to Sehellenbarger 15.02 acres off the north side or off the south side of the N. W. í of the N. W. i of section 30, and if it is found that the deed in question did not describe and convey the north 15.02 acres, that finding is decisive of the case; for, if Hoyt never conveyed this tract to Sehellenbarger, his deed to defendant Doolittle conveyed nothing, a'nd none of the defendants have any title to this property. It is established by the proofs that whatever…
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