Buffalo Land & Exploration Co. v. Strong
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Lake county to determine the adverse claims of defendants to vacant and unoccupied land. The case was tried before Cant, J., who found in favor of plaintiff and ordered judgment in accordance therewith. From this order and from a judgment entered pursuant thereto, defendants Hugh P. Strong, Mary A. .Strong, Josiah M. Vale, Meda Vale, Margaret Conway and John Brennan, appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, J.2
This was an action to determine adverse claims, the complaint alleging plaintiff’s title in détail, which appeared to be derived through the location of Sioux half-breed scrip upon unsurveyed lands by an attorney in fact — the scrip being issued under and pursuant to the provisions of the congressional act approved July 17, 1854,3 which act was under consideration in Midway Co. v. Eaton, 79 Minn. 442, 82 N. W. 861, 1118, affirmed in 183 U. S. 602, 607, 22 Sup. Ct. 261; that, before the commencement of this action,' through fraud and mistake, a patent to the land had been…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Midway Co. v. EatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- O'Connor v. GertgensSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Midway Co. v. EatonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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