Brooks v. Mohl
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Nobles county to recover $2,429.80> for breach of covenant contained in a certain deed. The case was tried1 before P. F. Brown, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiffs for the sum of $1,008.40. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
On December 25, 1890, defendants made and delivered to Samuel Brooks, now deceased, a warranty deed in the usual form conveying one hundred sixty acres of land. Defendants had never been in actual possession of the land or any part thereof. At the time of the delivery of the deed the land was vacant and unoccupied. Within a few months after the delivery of the deed, the grantee, Samuel Brooks, took the actual possession of the land under the deed, and resided upon the land up to the day of his death. Since that, and up to the present time, his heirs at law, the plaintiffs, have continued such…
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