Downing v. Lucy
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Otter Tail county to determine-adverse claims to vacant and unoccupied land. Defendant Foster answered separately and alleged that he was the owner in fee simple-of part of the land and prayed that the plaintiff and all the other defendants be decreed to have no title or interest in the same.
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Action in the district court for Otter Tail county to determine-adverse claims to vacant and unoccupied land. Defendant Foster answered separately and alleged that he was the owner in fee simple-of part of the land and prayed that the plaintiff and all the other defendants be decreed to have no title or interest in the same. The-case was tried before Nye, J., who made findings 'and ordered judgment in favor of defendant Foster, subject to the lien of plaintiff' for certain taxes and penalties amounting to $149.6 Y, and ordered that the land be sold by the sheriff to satisfy the lien. From…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
This action was brought to determine adverse claims to the real property described in the complaint. Defendant Foster alone answered. After trial before the court without a jury, judgment was ordered and entered as hereinafter stated, and defendant Foster appealed.
The facts are as follows: Plaintiff based his alleged ownership of the land upon two tax certificates, one issued in 1902 in proceedings to enforce the payment of delinquent taxes for the year 1900,. and one issued in 1904, in proceedings to enforce the payment of delinquent taxes for the year 1902. Defendant Foster is the holder of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State ex rel. National Bond & Security Co. v. KrahmerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Choate v. SpencerMontana Supreme Court · 1893
- State v. CampSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- State ex rel. Kipp v. NordSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- DeGraw v. KingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
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