Collins v. Colleran
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action, in tbe district court for Houston county by John A. Collins and others, to establish an interest in certain land claimed to have descended to them and to defendants as the heirs of James Colleran, deceased. Defendant Thomas Colleran alone answered, claiming- title under a conveyance from decedent.
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Action, in tbe district court for Houston county by John A. Collins and others, to establish an interest in certain land claimed to have descended to them and to defendants as the heirs of James Colleran, deceased. Defendant Thomas Colleran alone answered, claiming- title under a conveyance from decedent. The case was tried before Kingsley, J., who dismissed the action as to plaintiff Collins and found that the remaining plaintiffs and defendants were seized of the title to the premises in equal shares. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant Thomas Colleran appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
The real purpose of this action was to determine the title to a farm consisting of one hundred sixty acres, which, according to the complaint, was owned in fee by James Colleran, the father of the plaintiffs and defendants, at the time of his death, intestate, *201in 1900, and also to have the respective rights of the parties to said lands, as heirs at law of the deceased, ascertained and determined. Thomas Colleran was the actual defendant, and in his answer prayed judgment that he be declared the owner in fee of the tract of land, except as to such part theretofore deeded by him to his brother…
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