Olson v. Minnesota & North Wisconsin Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for St-Louis county, Cant, J., denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and granting a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This was an action of trespass quare clausum, in which the plain*281tiff had a verdict. Defendant made the alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding, and, in case that was denied, for a new trial. The court below denied the motion for judgment, but granted a new trial, and thereupon defendant appealed.
The premises in question consist of forty acres of partly timbered wild land. The plaintiff alleged in her complaint that she-was the owner in fee, but at the trial it appeared that she had simply a contract with the true owner, a corporation, under which she was entitled to a deed of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cruikshank v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad v. GreveSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1871
- Coolbaugh v. RoemerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Freeman v. BrewsterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Moon v. AverySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
3Cited by8 opinions
- Francis v. West Virginia Oil Co.California Supreme Court · 1917
- Spruce v. Chicago, R. I. & P. RY. CO.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1929
- Gilbert v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Ferguson v. TrovatenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Havens v. County of AlamedaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1916
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