Miller v. Natwick
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action of ejectment in the district court for Norman county and for $800 damages for the wrongful occupation of the land. The answer set up title by adverse possession. The case was tried before Grindeland, J., who ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Action to recover possession of the northeast quarter of section 7, township 144, range 44, in the county of Norman. The complaint alleged plaintiff’s ownership of the land in fee, right to possession, and that the defendant wrongfully withheld the possession thereof. The complaint also alleged that the defendant’s true name was Gjorgen T. Natwick, but that he had been known as J. Natwick, and that by the latter name he was a party defendant in an action in the circuit court of the United States for the District of Minnesota, brought by the receivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- White v. EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Continental Insurance v. RhoadsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Strom v. Montana Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Knatvold v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Pierro v. St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
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