Morrison v. Porter
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Hennepin county to determine the defendants’ adverse claims to certain land, and appeals from an order by Lochren, J., refusing a new trial. upon the admission in evidence of Exhibit Y to prove the handwriting of plaintiff, cited Hanley v. Gandy, 28 Texas, 211; Kernin v. Hill, 37 Ill. 209; West v. State, 22 N. J. Law, 212, 241; Philadelphia, etc.,R. Go. v. Hickman, 28 Pa.
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The plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Hennepin county to determine the defendants’ adverse claims to certain land, and appeals from an order by Lochren, J., refusing a new trial. upon the admission in evidence of Exhibit Y to prove the handwriting of plaintiff, cited Hanley v. Gandy, 28 Texas, 211; Kernin v. Hill, 37 Ill. 209; West v. State, 22 N. J. Law, 212, 241; Philadelphia, etc.,R. Go. v. Hickman, 28 Pa. St. 318, 328; McAllister v. McAllister, 7 B. Mon. (Ky.) 269; State v. Givensy 5 Ala. 747,755; Rowtv.Kile, 1 Leigh, (Va.) 216; Clark y. Rhodes, 2 Heisli. (Tenn.)…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
The defendant the railroad corporation has title to the land in controversy through a chain of conveyances running back to the plaintiff, if in fact the plaintiff executed a certain deed of conveyance in the year 1860, the execution of which the plaintiff disputes. The court found that it had been executed by her. The first point to be considered arises upon the admission in evidence of an instrument (Exhibit Y) containing a signature of the plaintiff admitted to be genuine, to enable a comparison to be made between that signature and the disputed signature in issue, Exhibit Y being not…
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